Episode #39B - Same Heroes, Different Day

More new hero goodness!

Heroes:

Guise (EdgeDS)

Captain Cosmic (dshields)

Prime Warden Tempest (Kharnel)

Sky-scraper (Ario)

Scholar (slaaneshi611)

Villain:

La Capitan (advanced)

Environment:

Realm of Discord

Was tempted to try a "parallel universe" game with Ep 39 where it was the same villain and environment - and possibly with the decks in the same initial order.  But realized that it would take extra care, and possibly hang one game up if the other had a stoppage.  So you get a different villain with a crew and a different environment as well.

Would like to try a PBF game in one of the open slots.  Will wait for the folks who spoke up from the other thread to choose heroes first, of course.

I'm happy with The Scholar or Tempest, but I'll be posting an opening hand tomorrow evening GMT. Apologies. That said, I'd prefer The Scholar.

I'll take Sky-Scraper.

Whoever selects Tempest or Capt Cosmic has the option to choose a promo variant if they prefer.

If you don't have a taker by Sunday I'll take whichever hero is left 

I dont have guise, So I will take Cosmic, Regular

Shoot, I won't have time until next week and was planning to sign up for 39B, but it looks like I'm too late. I'll get in next time!

I'll snag Guise then and see what kind of shenanigans I can cause.

Mr. Rhodes has opening hand of: Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”.

I should point out, I am no expert so if I drop the ball big-time, please tell me. Play to learn and all that jazz.

I'm hesitant to use BWYN straight away in case it's stolen but it's an option. As is just drawing two for a turn or two.

The best advice I've seen is "Play the hand you're dealt."  The weakness of the various hero guides and "describe this hero in four cards" formats is that they often ignore some of the secondary strategies the hero can use - or may be forced to use due to a shortage or cards or a sub-optimal draw.  With a lot also depending on the current game state. 

I usually play the hand I'm dealt, don't worry about that. I'm not building to some 'ideal' play area. But thanks for the advice!

If Tempest is still available, I'd love to jump in, Prime Wardens style.

Tempest is available.  You're in as Prime Warden version.  First villain turn to arrive shortly.  Draw your initial hands since raiders approach!

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 1 - It Started With An Apple

Villain Turn (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
Start -
  No cards under La Capitan; she does not flip.

  La Paradoja Magnifica shuffles the empty villain trash back into the villain deck.

Play - A Motley Crew (one-shot)
 - no crew revealed and put into play
 - top card of the villain deck played:
   - Raiding Party (one-shot)
     - following crew put into play:  Battle Forged [12], Chip [8], Siege-Breaker [10], Final Breath [11]
     - following villain cards discarded: Maria Helena's Revenge, Plunder
     - Zero hero ongoing or equipment cards destroyed

End - (see comment section for the damage decision tree)
 - La Capitan deals 4 Projectile damage to Sky-Scraper [29]
 - La Paradoja Magnifica plays the top card of the villain deck:
    - Walk the Plank!
      - La Capitan deals Scholar [26] 3 Projectile damage. Scholar cannot use powers until the start of the villain turn.
 - Battle Forged deals Guise [22] 5 Energy damage.
 - Chip deals Sky-Scraper [27] 2 Projectile damage.
 - Siege-Breaker deals Tempest [24] and Captain Cosmic [24] 3 irreducible Fire damage.
 - Final Breath deals Guise [19] 3 Toxic Damage.

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Effects:
- Whenever a hero card is destroyed by a villain card, put it under La Capitan's character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- Whenever damage dealt by Battle Forged destroys a target, play the top card of the villain deck. (Battle Forged)
- Reduce damage done to Siege-Breaker by 1. (Siege-Breaker)
- Increase damage done by Final Breath to targets with 10 or fewer HP by 1. (Final Breath)
- At the start of the villain turn, shuffle the villain trash into the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magifica)

- At the start of the villain turn if there are three or more cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the start of the villain turn, destroy a hero ongoing or equipment card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair - advanced)
- At the start of the villain turn, shuffle the villain trash into the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magifica)
- At the start of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)

- At the end of the villain turn, La Capitan deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 Projectile damage. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the end of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magnifica)
- At the end of the villain turn, Battle Forged deals the non-villain target with the lowest HP 5 Energy damage. (Battle Forged)
- At the end of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)
- At the end of the villain turn, Siege-Breaker deals the two hero targets with the highest HP 3 irreducible Fire damage each. (Siege Breaker)
- At the end of the villain turn, Final Breath deals the hero target with the lowest HP 3 Toxic damage. (Final Breath)

Status
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La Capitan  [75] (Time Corsair) (nothing to see here - nothing!)
La Paradoja Magnifica [15]
Battle Forged [12]
Chip          [8]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [11]

# of cards under La Capitan: 0
Villain Trash: Motley Crew, Raiding Party, Maria Helena's Revenge, Plunder, Walk The Plank!

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Guise                 [19] (low HP)
Captain Cosmic  [24]
Tempest            [24]
Sky-Scraper        [27] (high HP)
Scholar               [26] - cannot use powers

------- Environment --------
None

Comments:

Raiding Party means that La Capitan is not starting off weak, and already has a set of crew out and in play.

Awesome! PW Tempest's opening hand: Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane, Flash Flood, Otherworldly Resilience

pst La Capitan not Dawn.

I'm happy for the Scholar to take the Walk the Plank! damage. I don't know how badly no power use will affect Sky-Scraper.

Wow, ow.

Guise will volunteer to take the damage from Battle-Forged and Final Breath.

"I knew that dame was nothin' but trouble the second she walked in here."  Pulling his trenchcoat tight around him against the unlikely rainstorm, Guise pauses to snub his cigarette out on his tongue to prove...something.
 

Guise

HP:  19

Hand:  Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, Gritty Reboot, I Can Do That, Too!

In Play: --

Trash: ---------------------------

Start of Turn: 

Play a Card:  Gritty Reboot

Use a Power:  Tough Choices, choosing to draw a card: Super Ultra Kawaii!!  Also, Guise deals Guise [18] 1 melee damage.  Gritty Reboot allows a card draw: Selling Out.

Draw a Card:  Best Card Ever!

End of Turn: ---------------------------

HP:  18

Hand:  Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, I Can Do That, Too!, Super Ultra Kawaii!!, Selling Out, Best Card Ever!

In Play: Gritty Reboot

Trash:  

Effects:  Whenever Guise is dealt damage, you may draw a card.  At the start of your turn, destroy this card.

Sky-scraper's Starting hand: Explosive Reveal, Aggresion Modulator, Compulsion Cannister, and Rebounding Debilitator, so I'm staying in Normal no matter what happens. 

Mr. Rhodes, if you were planning on playing and using your Bring What You Need, I'll take the hit from Walk the Plank so you can start building your hand.  If not, I'd ask you kindly to take the hit for me so I can get my three cards. 

Unless others feel strongly that I should Rebounding Debilitate Battle Forged (pending Cosmic's plans), I was planning on playing Compulsion Canister on my turn which is good destruction fodder for the pilferous Captain which would allow ya'll to build up some what. 

Also I just learned that my internet service is going out this weekend. I'll still be able to play my turns from my phone, but I may not be as chatty in strategy discussion.  

Tempest will volunteer for one of the Siege-Breaker hits. I'm going to get Otherworldly Resilience and Localized Hurricane both in playon my turn, so after that the irreducible damage will be worse for me.

I'll take the Walk the Plank this turn. It's not like card draw is John Rhode's weakness, is it?

Cosmic Will take the 3 hit turn comeing in just a min

Captain Cosmic

HP:  24

Hand: Dynamic Siphon (X2), Autonomous Blade, Conservation Of Energy

In Play: --

Trash: --

Effects: --

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card:  Dynamic Siphon (4HP) {Construct}[Play this card Next to a Hero Character Card] [Whenever This card is dealt damage That Hero May use a power.]

Play Next to Sky-Scraper

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw Card: Wounding Buffer

Play Next to Tempest (HP4){Construct}[The First time that Hero Character Card is Dealt damage by a target each turn This card Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.]

Draw a Card: Sustained Influence

End of Turn: --

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HP:  24

Hand:  Dynamic Siphon, Autonomous Blade, Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence

In Play:

Dynamic Siphon: Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (4)  

Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4)

Trash: --

Effects:

Whenever Dynamic Siphon is dealt damage Sky-Scrapper May use a power

The First time that Tempest is Dealt damage by a target each turn Wounding Buffer Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.

PRIME WARDENS TEMPEST

HP:  24

Hand:  Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane, Otherworldly Resilience, Flash Flood

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Otherworldly Resilience

Use a Power: Arc of Power - play Electrical Storm, environment deals 2 damage to Tempest [22]. Play Localized Hurricane, environment deals 3 damage to Tempest [19]

Draw a Card: Aquatic Correspondence

End of Turn:

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HP:  19

Hand:  Flash Flood, Aquatic Correspondence

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane

Trash:  

Effects: Increase damage dealt to Tempest by 1. Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1.

Sky scraper
normal

HP: 27

Hand: compulsion cannister, rebounding debil., explosive reveal, aggression modulator

In Play:

Trash:

Start of Turn:

Play a Card: rebounding debilitated on battle forged.

Use a Power: surveillance, draw two cards: rest and recover, colossal left hook

Draw a Card: linking incursion

End of Turn:

Hand: linking incursion, colossal left hook, explosive reveal,rest and recover, compulsion cannister, aggression modulator,

In play:rebounding debilitator

Trash:

Effects: when battle forge deals 3 or more damage prevent that damage and destroy the card/put it on top of deck

So...target priority?  I'm thinking that La Paradoja Magnifica and Battle Forged are up there to remove the extra villain card plays, but I'm also leaning toward Siege-Breaker whenever we've got boosts to get past his DR.  Thoughts and opinions?

Yeh agree get rid of the extra card plays first, then we can focus on Siege

The sound of crashing comes from the inexplicably floating houseboat. "Where did I put that thing?" A male voice says as a shuttlecock flies out of the open door.

The Scholar

HP:  26

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”

In Play: N/A

Trash: N/A

-/-

Start of Turn: N/A

Play a Card: Skip

Use a Power: Skip

Draw a Card:  Expect the Worst, Mortal Form to Energy

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  26

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”, Expect the Worst, Mortal Form to Energy

In Play:

Trash:

Effects:

-/-

Comments: I'll likely drop BWYN next turn to start the card draws.

I'm inclined to agree with the target priorities, EdgeDS.

Definitely the ship needs to go down first. I was hoping for some more of my big damage one-shots to start things off, but I’ll probably play my draw three next turn and hope for some of them to play using my power.

Environment - The Realm of Discord

Waves of color and twisting ethereal shapes drift across the battlefield

In Play: None

Start: None

Play: Positive Energy Field

End: None

Effect: Whenever a card is played the 5 targets with the lowest HP regain 1 HP each. (Positive Energy Field)

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 2 - Of Bold Promises Made


Villain Turn (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
Start -
  No cards under La Capitan; she does not flip.
  Advanced La Capitan destroys a hero on-going or equipment card (???)
  La Paradoja Magnifica shuffles the villain trash back into the villain deck.
  Chip deals Sky-Scraper [25] 2 projectile damage

Play - A Motley Crew (one-shot)
 - no crew revealed and put into play
 - top card of the villain deck played:
   - A Motley Crew (one-shot)
     - still no crew revealed in the villain trash
     - top card of the villain deck played:
       - Maria Helena's Revenge (on-going)

End -
 - La Capitan deals 4 Projectile damage to Scholar [22]
 - La Paradoja Magnifica plays the top card of the villain deck:
    - Maria Helena's Revenge (on-going)
 - Battle Forged deals Wounding Buffer [4] 5 Energy damage, but the attack is prevented by Rebounding Debilitator.  Rebounding Debilitator is trashed or returned to the top of Sky-Scraper's deck
 - Chip deals Sky-scraper [23] 2 Projectile damage.
 - Siege-Breaker deals Captain Cosmic [21] and Sky-Scraper [20] 3 irreducible Fire damage.
 - Final Breath deals Dynamic Siphon [X] 4 Toxic Damage.

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Effects:
- Whenever a hero card is destroyed by a villain card, put it under La Capitan's character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- Whenever damage dealt by Battle Forged destroys a target, play the top card of the villain deck. (Battle Forged)
- Reduce damage done to Siege-Breaker by 1. (Siege-Breaker)
- Increase damage done by Final Breath to targets with 10 or fewer HP by 1. (Final Breath)
- Whenever a villain target is destroyed, La Capitan deals each hero target 4 Psychic Damage (Maria Helena's Revenge)

- At the start of the villain turn if there are three or more cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the start of the villain turn, destroy a hero ongoing or equipment card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair - advanced)
- At the start of the villain turn, shuffle the villain trash into the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magifica)
- At the start of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)

- At the end of the villain turn, La Capitan deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 Projectile damage. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the end of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magnifica)
- At the end of the villain turn, Battle Forged deals the non-villain target with the lowest HP 5 Energy damage. (Battle Forged)
- At the end of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)
- At the end of the villain turn, Siege-Breaker deals the two hero targets with the highest HP 3 irreducible Fire damage each. (Siege Breaker)
- At the end of the villain turn, Final Breath deals the hero target with the lowest HP 3 Toxic damage. (Final Breath)

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Time Corsair)
La Paradoja Magnifica [15]
Battle Forged [12]
Chip          [8]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [11]

Maria Helena's Revenge (A)(on-going)
Maria Helena's Revenge (B)(on-going)

# of cards under La Capitan: 0
Villain Trash: Motley Crew x2

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Guise           [18]
Captain Cosmic  [21]
Tempest         [19](-1)(+1)  
Sky-Scraper     [20]
Scholar         [22] (high HP)
Wounding Buffer [4]  (tie: low HP)(next to Tempest)  [2 energy retaliation]

------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field


Comments:
A. None of the bottom 5 targets are down any HP, so Positive Energy Field does no healing
B. Heroes need to destroy an equipment or on-going card.
C. Final Breath kills either Wounding Buffer or Dynamic Siphon.

D. Rebounding Debilitator is moved to Sky-Scraper's trash, or the top of her deck.

Go Siege-Breaker!

C. Final Breath kills either Wounding Buffer or Dynamic Siphon.  If the later then Sky-Scraper gets a power use.

I would have it kill Dynamic Siphon  [4] that was my intention to give sky more cards

So, do we have any Ongoing destruction available? Because those Revenge cards are going to seriously hurt if we can't get rid of them . . . IIRC, Scholar and Captain Cosmic don't have any in their decks. Guise has Retcon and Sky-Scraper has a Link, but that wouldn't activate until the next turn even if played now. Hopefully I'll draw Ball Lightning.

Will adjust accordingly - Sky-Scraper gets a power use!

Not yet, why I was trying to give sky more cards give more options, some of Tempests one shots would be nice right now

Note: If an attack "kills" a Construct it does *not* trigger the Construct's effect since it is dead and removed before it gets the chance to trigger.  (I have been reading discussion in the Rules forum.)

So, given that, is Wounding Burst still being kept over Dynamic Siphon?

Also a decision to be made regarding the hero on-going or equipment card that is being destroyed.

Guise has ongoing and environment destruction in Retcon, and can copy equipment/ongoings other people have out if any of those can be used to destroy ongoings/environments.

Well that screws up my plans, yeah stay with it, rather have tempest protected as long as possible

if gritty reboot is ongoing I would destroy it, he has to destroy it at the beggining of his turn anyway

Yep, destroy Gritty Reboot.

As La Capitan's pistol shots shred his magnificent trenchcoat, Guise leaps forward out of the disintegrating garment and reveals a giant battle-axe that had been hidden underneath!  His fedora falls away to display the glorious topknot on his head, and he rushes forward with arms (and axe) raised high while yelling the best battle cry ever.  "WOO!  Say 'What' again, I DARE you!"

Guise

HP:  18

Hand:  Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, I Can Do That, Too!, Super Ultra Kawaii!!, Selling Out, Best Card Ever!

In Play: --

Trash: 

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card:  Guise the Barbarian

Use a Power:  Tough Choices, choosing to play a card: Best Card Ever!
 - Draw 2 cards: Super Ultra Kawaii! and Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!
 - Guise deals La Paradoja Magnifica (2+2) melee damage [11]
 - Guise regains 1 HP! [19]
 - If you throw your hands in the air and yell "Woo!" And I totally did that up at the top of this post, check out my Awesome Battle Cry Defying Every Fear Going H.A.M. Innis Joint! ....er...right...you may play a card: Blatant Reference
 - Playing Blatant Reference will, I believe, heal La Paradoja Magnifica 1 up to [12]

Draw a Card:  Total Beefcake

End of Turn: Discard Selling Out to deal (1+2) projectile damage to La Paradoja Magnifica [9]

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HP:  19

Hand:  I Can Do That, Too!, Super Ultra Kawaii!! * 2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy, Total Beefcake

In Play: Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian

Trash:  Best Card Ever!, Selling Out

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot

Effects:  
 - Increase damage dealt by Guise by 2. (Guise the Barbarian)
 - At the end of each Hero turn, you may discard 1 card.  If you do, Guise deals 1 target 1 projectile damage. (Blatant Reference)

Both will be destroyed at the start of my next turn.

Comments:

Planning on discarding both Super Ultra Kawaii's, I Can Do That, Too!, and one of my last two cards at the end of each respective hero turn to do damage.  If we're not ready to kill the things off because of the two ongoings that came out, I can at least get some of the crew low.  Unless someone draws an ongoing that grants a power to destroy villain ongoings (which I'm not sure if any of us have, offhand) I'll probably use Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy for the final hero turn discard to deal damage, and save Total Beefcake.

Edited to account for Positive Energy Field healing.
Edited again - since Final Breath destroyed Dynamic Syphon, wouldn't it go under La Capitan?  I don't actually WANT that to happen, but...

if it does, then its either let her flip or I just sit back and play nothing cause all my constructs have 4 HP

Captain Cosmic says “Kill my Constructs and I just make more”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  21

Hand: Dynamic Siphon, Autonomous Blade, Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence

In Play:

Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4)

Trash: Dynamic Siphon

Effects:

The First time that Tempest is Dealt damage by a target each turn Wounding Buffer Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card:  Dynamic Siphon: Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (4)

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw Card: Cosmic Weapon HP (4) {Construct} [Play this card nest to a Hero Character card. That hero Gains the following Power] [Power: This Hero Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.]

Play next to Scholar

Draw a Card: Potent Disruption

End of Turn: --

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HP:  21

Hand:  Autonomous Blade, Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence, Potent Disruption

In Play:

Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Trash: Dynamic Siphon

Effects:

Whenever Dynamic Siphon is dealt damage Sky-Scrapper May use a power

The First time that Tempest is Dealt damage by a target each turn Wounding Buffer Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

Guise discards Super Ultra Kawaii!! at the end of Captain Cosmic's turn to do (1+2) projectile damage to La Paradoja Magnifica.  That should put it at 7 after it heals 1 from CC's card play, assuming that Positive Energy Field only triggers on cards being played and not from being "put into play" (e.g. CC's power.)

Lowest 5 HP would be the 3 constructs, LPM, and Chip, correct?

Gah.  As was pointed out to me by PM (thank you again!) I missed the damage that's part of Tough Choices.  So LPM would be down another 3 to be at [4] now.  

I'll work on having to make fewer correcting entries in the future.  Sorry!

Don’t worry, there’s an edit button.

PRIME WARDENS TEMPEST

HP:  19

Hand:  Flash Flood, Aquatic Correspondence

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane

Trash:  

Effects: Increase damage dealt to Tempest by 1. Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1.

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [74], La Paradoja Magnifica [3], Battle Forged [11], Chip [7], Final Breath [10]

Play a Card: Aquatic Correspondence. Draw Chain Lightning, Lightning Slash, Into the Stratosphere. Heals Constructs [All at full], Paradoja [4], Chip [at full].

Use a Power: Arc of Power
First play: Into the Stratosphere. Put Maria Helena's Revenge on top of the villain deck. Deal 2 projectile damage to La Capitan [72]. Heal Constructs [all at full], Paradoja [5], Chip [at full]. Environment deals 3 lightning damage to Tempest [16]
Second play: Chain Lightning, deal 4 lightning damage to Paradoja [1],  3 to Battle Forged [8], 2 to Chip [6]. Heal Paradoja [2], Constructs [all at full], Chip [7]. Environment deals 3 lightning damage to Tempest [13]

Draw a Card: Aquatic Correspondence

End of Turn:

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HP:  13

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Aquatic Correspondence

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence, Into the Stratosophere, Chain Lightning

Effects: Increase damage dealt to Tempest by 1. Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1.

Shoot, I just realized that EACH Revenge does 4 damage. I thought each was doing 2 for some reason. Uhh, I'm going to probably revise that then, since that will break all the constructs . . .

EDIT: Okay, what do you guys think? I can get one Revenge out of play and kill Paradoja, we'll all get hit for 4. Or I can just do some damage across the board without killing anything using Lightning Slash and Chain Lightning.

OK.  Will await that being re-worked.

Two cards are currently under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot and Dynamic Siphon.

Bottom six in HP after the Electrical Storm are Construct [4], Construct [4], Construct [4], LPM [4], Chip [8], Siege-Breaker [10], Final Breath [10].  Underlined are at full points.

I guess it depends on if we are ready for her to flip, If we don't want her to flip, I can rework my turn get rid of tempest's construct and keep her at 2 cards for this round. I could just build up cards till we get her crew beat down.

If we put one of the Revenges back on top of her deck and kill LPM, that Revenge will come back out next turn.  If we leave LPM alive, it'll re-shuffle her deck so the Revenge might not come back out.  If we think that we can survive another round of multiple villain card plays and hope that we draw into ongoing destruction, maybe we just get the crew low but alive and see about killing them next round?  I dunno, I'm not sure what the best gameplan is.

Ok, I've updated my turn to play Into the Stratosphere, removing one of the Revenge cards and hoping it will shuffle away. Then I played Chain Lightning to get stuff in destroyable range, hoping we can get rid of the other Revenge before destroying stuff.

I can rework mine to play Conservation Of Energy  that would give me 4 card draws, and leave no constructs on the board, that way Breath does not kill one next round and she flips the round after.

Guise discards Super Ultra Kawaii!! #2 to deal net 3 damage to Battle Forged [5] at the end of PW Tempest's turn.

Well, she's going to destroy an ongoing (probably Blatant Reference) and flip anyway.  At that point destroying the constructs won't put them under her.  We'll just need to deal with her redirection and pink her to get the cards out from under her.  Up to you though, I'm not sure which is going to be more helpful.

@dshields I think that would be gaming the system a bit since we didn't know what cards I would be able to play until after I drew them on my turn.

np will leave as be

She destroys a card at start of turn - and also checks for flip at start of turn.  HOWEVER, she checks for the flip first since it is listed earlier on the card.  The destruction being at the bottom since it is the advanced effect.

Whoops!  Thanks for the correction.

If we're not going after the ship I'll try taking on Battle Forged. Please correct any HP problems I may make. 

Send Rebounding Debilitator to the top of my deck

Sky-Scraper

Normal

HP:  20

Hand: Explosive Reveal, Linking Incursion, Rest and Recover, Colossal Left Hook, Compulsion Canister, Aggresion Modulator

In Play:

Trash:  

Effects: 

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card: Colossal Left Hook, I deal Battle Forged 3 melee damage [9], LPM regains 1HP [5], Left Hook lets me discard [Aggression Modulator] to play a card: Linking Incursion. 

Linking Incursion reveals Rebounding Debilitator and Rebounding Debilitator.

Rebounding Debilitator is put into play on Battle Forged, Rebounding Debilitator is put into play on Final Breath, this locks them down for the moment. 

LPM regains 1HP [6]

Deck is shuffled. 

Use a Power: Question: My reading of Sneaking (Play up to 2 Link Cards. You may move to your hand either 1 link card from play or 2 link cards from your trash,) would let me to play Compulsion Cannister, resolve it, then immeadiately allow me to return it to my hand. If that is true I play it on LPM [4] and Final Breath [9],

then LPM would heal 1HP [5] 

Then return it to my hand. 

If that's not legal then play it anyway and it doesn't return to hand. 

Draw a Card: Proportionist

End of Turn:

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Hand: Proportionist, Rest and Recover, Compulsion Cannister (maybe,) and Explosive Reveal 

In play: Rebounding Debilitator (Final Breath) and Rebounding Debilitator (Battle Forged) 

Trash: Linking Incursion, Aggresion Modulator, Colossal Left Hook

Effects: 

When Battle Forged deals 3 or more damage prevent that damage and return RD to trash or top of deck. 

When Final Breath deals 3 or more damage prevent that damage and return RD to trash or top of deck. 

Battle Forged was down to 5 at the end of PW Tempest's turn, so the play of Left Hook would have healed the 3 constructs (still at 4), LPM to 5, and BF to 6, then taken BF down to 3.  The play of Linking Incursion would take LPM to 6 and BF to 4, then the play of Compulsion Cannister would net to both of them at 5...I believe.

Guise will discard I Can Do That, Too! to deal net 3 damage to LPM [2] at the end of Sky-Scraper's turn.

I currently have low targets as LPM [2], Constructs (x3) at [4], Battle-Forged at [5], Chip at [7].  Siege-Breaker and Final Breath are next at [10].

If Blatant Reference is not the planned sacrifice at the start of the villain turn please let me know.

Then would Compulsion Cannister be better served attacking Battle Forged instead of Final Breath so he'd be at three instead of five? 

The houseboat's inhabitant steps out of the door, struggling to get something out of a scuffed bowling ball bag. 'Come on out, you motherhubbard!' As he fights with the stuck zip, his skin begins to glow an unearthly green. He glances up at the scene before him and gestures absently towards the nearest crew-member. The glowing sword at his side strikes!

The Scholar

HP:  22

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”, Expect the Worst, Mortal Form to Energy

In Play: N/A

Trash: N/A

-/-

Start of Turn: N/A

Play a Card: Mortal Form to Energy [LPM – 3, Battle-Forged – 6]

Use a Power: Cosmic Weapon: Battle-Forged [3]

Draw a Card:  Truth Seeker

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  22

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”, Expect the Worst, Truth Seeker

In Play:

Trash:

Effects:  Cosmic Weapon HP (4) {Construct} [Power: This Hero Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.] (Source: Captain Cosmic) – This is here so I don’t forget

Mortal Form to Energy - Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

-/-

Comments: I can change the target if needed. I think I compensated correctly for the Energy Field. If I have anything wrong, let me know.

Guise discards Total Beefcake to deal net 2 damage to Siege-Breaker [8] at the end of the Scholar's turn.

Will post environment and next villain turn tomorrow when I get home from work. 

Environment - The Realm of Discord

The landscape momentarily turns red

In Play: Positive Energy Field

Start: None

Play: Portal Fiend [17]; LPM [4] and Battle-Forged [4] heal 1 HP

End: None

Trash: None

Effects:

- Whenever a card is played the 5 targets with the lowest HP regain 1 HP each. (Positive Energy Field)

- At the start of the environment turn, Portal Fiend deals the non-environment target with the 2nd highest HP X psychic damage, where X = the number of cards in the environment trash.

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 3 - On the Wine Dark Sea


Villain Turn (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
Start -
  Two cards under La Capitan; she does not flip.
  Advanced La Capitan destroys Blatant Reference and puts it under her character card. (3rd card)
  La Paradoja Magnifica shuffles the villain trash back into the villain deck.
  Chip deals Scholar [20] 2 projectile damage

Play - Raiding Party (one-shot)
 - L'Epeiste [7], Trueshot [9], The Amazing Mable [6] revealed and put into play; LPM [5] and Battle-forged [5] heal 1 HP
 - rest of deck discarded
 - one hero on-going or equipment card destroyed and placed under La Capitan's character card (Guise the Barbarian)(4th card)

End -
 - La Capitan deals 4 Projectile damage to Captain Cosmic [17]
 - La Paradoja Magnifica plays the top card of the villain deck:
    - (villain trash shuffled to make new deck) Temporal Thief (one-shot); LPM [6] and Battle-forged [6] heal 1 HP
      - top card of each hero deck goes under La Capitan's character card (5th - 9th card) <===(3 of 5)
      - La Capitan deals each hero target 1 Psychic damage; <== can modify order if desired
        Wounding Buffer [3],
         Wounding Buffer deals La Capitan [70] 2 Energy damage
        Dynamic Siphon [3], - Sky-Scraper gets a power use (??)  <==
        Cosmic Weapon [3], Guise [18], Captain Cosmic [16], Tempest [12], Sky-Scraper [19], Scholar [19]
               
 - Battle Forged deals Wounding Buffer [3] 5 Energy damage, but the attack is prevented by Rebounding Debilitator.  Rebounding Debilitator is trashed or returned to the top of Sky-Scraper's deck
 - Chip deals Scholar [17] 2 Projectile damage.
 - Siege-Breaker deals Sky-scraper [16] and Guise [15] 3 irreducible Fire damage.
 - Final Breath deals Dynamic Siphon/Wounding Buffer [3] 4 Toxic Damage, but the attack is prevented by Rebounding Debilitator.  Rebounding Debilitator is trashed or returned to the top of Sky-Scraper's deck.
 - Trueshot deals Scholar [13] 4 projectile damage.
 - The Amazing Mable destroys a hero ongoing or equipment card and it goes under La Capitan's character card. (10th card) <===
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Effects:
- Whenever a hero card is destroyed by a villain card, put it under La Capitan's character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- Whenever damage dealt by Battle Forged destroys a target, play the top card of the villain deck. (Battle Forged)
- Reduce damage done to Siege-Breaker by 1. (Siege-Breaker)
- Increase damage done by Final Breath to targets with 10 or fewer HP by 1. (Final Breath)
- Whenever a villain target is destroyed, La Capitan deals each hero target 4 Psychic Damage (Maria Helena's Revenge)
- Whenever a hero card is played, Trueshot regains 4 HP (Trueshot)
- The Amazing Mable is immune to melee damage (The Amazing Mable)

- At the start of the villain turn if there are three or more cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the start of the villain turn, destroy a hero ongoing or equipment card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair - advanced)
- At the start of the villain turn, shuffle the villain trash into the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magifica)
- At the start of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)
- At the start of the villain turn, L'Epeiste deals the hero target with the highest HP X Energy damage, where X = the number of hero ongoing and equipment cards in play. (L'Epeiste)
- At the start of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck (The Amazing Mable)

- At the end of the villain turn, La Capitan deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 Projectile damage. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the end of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck. (La Paradoja Magnifica)
- At the end of the villain turn, Battle Forged deals the non-villain target with the lowest HP 5 Energy damage. (Battle Forged)
- At the end of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)
- At the end of the villain turn, Siege-Breaker deals the two hero targets with the highest HP 3 irreducible Fire damage each. (Siege Breaker)
- At the end of the villain turn, Final Breath deals the hero target with the lowest HP 3 Toxic damage. (Final Breath)
- At the end of the villain turn, Trueshot deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 projectile damage (Trueshot)
- At the end of the villain turn, destroy a hero ongoing or equipment card (The Amazing Mable)

Status
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La Capitan [72] (Time Corsair)
La Paradoja Magnifica [6]
Battle Forged [6]
Chip          [7]
Siege-Breaker [8](-1)
Final Breath  [10]
L'Epeiste     [7]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [6]

Maria Helena's Revenge (on-going)

# of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEEEME (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), ?? (Tem), ?? (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), ???)
Villain Trash: Temporal Thief

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Guise           [15]
Captain Cosmic  [16] (tie: high HP)
Tempest         [12](-1)(+1)  
Sky-Scraper     [16] (tie: high HP)
Scholar         [13]
Wounding Buffer [3]  (tie: low HP)(next to Tempest)  [2 energy retaliation]
Dynamic Siphon  [3]  (tie: low HP)(next to Sky-Scraper)
Cosmic Weapon   [3]  (tie: Low HP) nect to Scholar)

------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [17]


Comments:
Max villain targets.
- Sky-scraper gets a power use mid-turn due to Dynamic Siphon - so everything after that is tentative.
- Still need 3 top of deck cards for Temporal Thief, and ongoing/equipment destroyed by Mable
- Lowest 5 HP targets are the Constructs [3] x3, LPM [6], Battle Forged [6], The Amazing Mable [6]

- One hole, Large, delivered to players.  (OUCH)
 

La Capitan is showing the nasty side of her Difficulty rating this game.  Whole crew out by Turn 3, and her revenge on-going out before that times two to make the players wary of knocking off villain targets.  And now she'll flip with a big load of cards under her.

Good grief. I was going to drop Truthseeker this round, but if I play Get Out of the Way (and Mortal Form is subsumed by LC) I can heal for 8 (I think) and hit something for 8. Which is why I'm happy to take the damage instead of Sky-Scraper.

Raiding Party can destroy Guise the Barbarian since it's going away soon anyway.  Top card of deck that is stolen by Temporal Thief is X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Do you want the rest of Temporal Thief resolved before we start hero turns?

The Scholar loses Keep Moving to Temporal Thief. We really need Ongoing destruction, huh?

At least part of it.  And Sky-Scrapers power use since the part in the middle there is a potential interrupt.

I think the four ongoing/equipment still out are Scholar's Mortal Form to Energy, and Tempest's Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane, and Otherworldly Resilience. So Mabel is going to get one of them.

We reeeeeally do.  If I can draw a Retcon soon that'll be one.  And actually, I misspoke when I asked about resolving Temporal Thief - we'll still have another ongoing/equipment to destroy after that thanks to Mable.

If we leave Localized Hurricane in play, I can copy Tempest's ongoings and Tempest and Guise can both use that power to try to draw into their ongoing destruction.  Any other ideas?  I'm not sure that my suggestions for strategy so far have been all that good.

# of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot, Dynamic Siphon, Blatant Reference, ???, ?? Guise, ?? Capt Cosmic, ?? Tempest, ?? Sky-Scraper, ?? Scholar, ???)

Are we supposed to discard or something I know guise discarded alot.

I can lose Mortal Form to her if needed. Will probably still do the burst heal though.

And Temporal Thief puts the top card of your deck under La Capitan. I believe.

This mainly represents everyone losing the top card off their deck to Temporal Thief.  The first "???" was Raiding Party and Guise gave up an on-going to that.  The last "???" is the Amazing Mable taking one of the remaining 4 ongoing cards from either Scholar or Tempest.

So top card I would lose would be Wounding buffer

We have very limited options, and La captian is pulling all her best cards. unless we can get rid of ongoing then every time we kill something we get hit for 4 HP, that wipes out all my constructs, and could hurt us bad, If we can get rid of ongoing, then guise and Tempest can start going to town.

Well, the top card of Tempest's deck is Cleansing Downpour. I can lose Electrical Storm and/or Localized Hurricane if it will help.

Card draw to find destruction is more useful right now. Mable can have mine. I have more ways of getting forms out.

Sky-Scraper loses undectectable relinking to La Capitan.  

My power use would be the same as last time (Compulsion canister on Battle Forged, deal two to him and LPM, return card to hand,) with the added bonus of it healing both constructs.  Although if it isn't against the spirit of things too much I might suggest having played it on Tempest instead of me (but that's awhile ago so I doubt we can make the switch.)

Alternatively I'm happy to lose Compulsion Canister to Mabel if we want to keep the form out (which I think is useful,) as I won't be using it next turn (plan on using Rest and Recover unless the board state changes dramatically from here, and I have ways of getting it back once it's returned to my discard.

If you don't mind. If it stays out, I might play Truthseeker for the draw and the heal the turn after.

Edit: Is Compulsion Canister an Ongoing?

Nope: Equipment, Link

I don't own La Capitan (or ST in general), can Mable take it with that being the case?

She can take it. She isn't too picky.

Completely skipped over the 'hero ongoing or equipment' bit in the villain turn. That's what I get for reading walls of text quickly.

Thanks for putting up with my confusion/questions!

Also, she is VERY picky. She picks everything up, apparently.

Except robots or architectural light.  But then who needs that cluttering up their life? (Sky-scraper, Sky-scraper does.)

So final decision, barring further discussion, for Sky-Scraper's power use: Play Compulsion Cannister on Battle Forged to hit himself and LPM for 2 which takes them both to [4.] energy field activates healing each construct to [4] and LPM and Battle Forged to [5.] In lieu of returning Compulsion Cannister to my hand I instead return Aggresion Modulator to my hand from my discard pile. And at the end of the villain turn Mable takes my Compulsion Cannister while I shake my fist in anger.  

Does all that sound right?

Either sounds fine to me.

Sounds solid to me.  If I'm checking the full text breakdown correctly, our sources of ongoing destruction are Ball Lightning (Tempest), Retcon (Guise), and Neutralizing Resonator (Sky-Scraper) so...fingers crossed for those to come up!  I'll post my turn this evening pending any other updates.  I think we have all the needed responses sorted out, yes?

Don't forget, when those come up, I can play Don't Dismiss Anything to move it from trash to deck. I'd like to be able to move two of those three with one DDA.

Guise looks on mournfully as his axe and kickin' do get lost in the melee swirling around.  "Hey, Tempest...nice rainstorm you have going on around you.  You know, I had my own rainstorm just a couple turns ago.  What do you mean that doesn't make any sense?  Of course it...oh, never mind.  Hey, how do you get your eyes to do that thing they do?"

Guise

HP:  15

Hand:  Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!

In Play: --

Trash: Best Card Ever!, Selling Out, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too!, Total Beefcake

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card:  Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! /hi5 Tempest!

- Constructs heal to full [4]
- Two of LPM [6], Battle Forged [6], The Amazing Mable [6] heal 1 each.  Can we say that Mable is one of the lowest and heals for no gain?  Trueshot heals 4 for no gain.

Use a Power:  Localized Hurricane

- Deal LPM and Battle Forged 3 projectile damage each.  Potentially... LPM [3], BF [4].
- Draw two cards: Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! and Retcon (woohoo!)

Draw a Card:  Best Card Ever!

End of Turn: --

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HP:  15

Hand:  Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!, Retcon, Best Card Ever!

In Play: Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! copying Tempest's ongoings

Trash:  Best Card Ever!, Selling Out, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too!, Total Beefcake

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Effects:  UYITG: When this card enters play, give another player a high-five.  If you do, treat this card as if it had the game text of every ongoing card in that player's play area, replacing their hero's name with Guise.  At the start of your turn, destroy this card.

Which leads to:

- -1 damage to Guise (copying Otherworldly Resistance)
- At the start of your turn, Guise deals each non-Hero Target 1 Lightning Damage. (copying Electrical Storm - don't know if this would actually trigger at the start of my turn before UYITG is destroyed, but expecting UYITG to be destroyed by villain effects first anyway)
- Increase Damage dealt to Guise by 1.
  Power: Guise deals up to 2 Targets 3 Projectile Damage each. You may draw 2 cards. 
  Power: Destroy this card. (copying Localized Hurricane)

Okay, so I've got a one-shot for ongoing destruction for next turn :D  I don't think we have anything that gives us out-of-turn plays, do we?

I wish you guys to get an offensive transmutation so you can destroy stuff with impunity.

So, has Guise copied Tempest's on-going cards, or effectively *stolen* them from him for a turn?

UYItG copies.  It's only Let me see that that steals.

If I read the situation correctly La Capitan will flip at the start of next turn right? And if I remember (don't have the card in front of me,) that means that each villain target heals for however many cards are underneath La Capitan. Which would cause 9+ healing to each villain target bringing Battle Forged up to full regardless and LPM pretty close to full.

Do we want to ignore damage in favor of card draw and setup or destroy Battle Forged and LPM and take the revenge? 

If we want to wait it out and hope for the best then i propose this: 

Someone hit my dynamic syphon which would let me recover my two rebounding debilitators and then I'll play them using my power (on my turn, or after my turn if Scholar does this,) to delay Battle Forged and whomever else for another round. 

Otherwise I plan on jumping to Normal and enlarging my hand. 

Thoughts?

You read the situation correctly - as it currently stands LaCapitan and all villain targets will heal 10HP during the Start phase of the next villain turn.

However, every villain card you kill will hit each hero target for 4 damage.

Captain Cosmic says “To Infinity and beyond, No wait someone else says that”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  16

Hand: Autonomous Blade, Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence, Potent Disruption

In Play:

Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Trash: --

Effects:

Whenever Dynamic Siphon is dealt damage Sky-Scrapper May use a power

The First time that Tempest is Dealt damage by a target each turn Wounding Buffer Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card:   Autonomous Blade (4) [Play this card next to a hero target] [The first time that target deals damage each turn this card deals 1 target 3 energy damage] Play next to Guise

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw a Card: Augmented Ally Play next to Scholar

Draw a Card:  Cosmic Crest

End of Turn: --

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HP:  16

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence, Potent Disruption, Cosmic Crest

In Play:

Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Augmented Ally: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Trash: --

Effects:

Whenever Dynamic Siphon is dealt damage Sky-Scrapper May use a power

The First time that Tempest is Dealt damage by a target each turn Wounding Buffer Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 3 energy damage.

At the Start of Scholar’s Turn He may discard a card if he does he can use a power immediately

The smell of burning ozone is acrid as Tempest charges himself with electricity again, and again, and again . . .

PRIME WARDENS TEMPEST

HP:  12

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Aquatic Correspondence

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence, Into the Stratosophere, Chain Lightning

Effects: Increase damage dealt to Tempest by 1. Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1.

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [71], La Paradoja Magnifica [5], Battle Forged [5], Chip [6], Final Breath [9], L'Epieste [6], Trueshot [8], The Amazing Mable [5]

Play a Card: Aquatic Correspondence. Draw Reclaim from the Deep, Cleansing Downpour, Grievous Hail Storm. Heals Constructs [All at full]

Use a Power: Arc of Power
First play: Reclaim from the Deep. Each player may take a card from their trash and put it on top of their hero deck. Tempest puts Aquatic Correspondence and draws it. The environment deals 3 lightning damage to Tempest [9]. Heals Constructs [All at full]

Second play: Aquatic Correspondence. Draw Grievous Hail Storm, Chain Lightning, Into the Stratosphere. The environment deals 3 lightning damage to Tempest [6]. Heals Constructs [All at full].

Third play: Into the Stratosphere. Put Maria Helena's Revenge on top of the villain deck. Tempest deals 2 projectile damage to La Capitan [70]. The environment deals 3 lightning damage to Tempest [3]. Heals Tempest [4] and Constructs [All at full]

Draw a Card: Reclaim from the Deep

End of Turn:

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HP:  4

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Cleansing Downpour, Grievous Hailstorm x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Localized Hurricane

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence, Into the Stratosophere, Chain Lightning

Effects: Increase damage dealt to Tempest by 1. Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

Well. Still no Ball Lightning, but I got the Revenge out of play, anyways. Kind of wishing I hadn't played that Localized Hurricane now.

Sad thing is I have no trash It is under La Captian

Guise topdecks Best Card Ever!

Should be able to kill at least one of those targets safely in the next two hero turns, yes?

I can drop Get Out of the Way this turn to heal and, in theory, take out Mabel with the Mortal Form attack trigger from healing. Or anyone with 8 or less health (by my count, I'll be dealing 8 points of damage to 1 target).

I can also hit the Siphon with Truthseeker to trigger it and let SS get those canisters out if we want.

Also, does the forced discard from Mortal Form trigger the Augemented Ally boost? I'm assuming not, but any help we can get would be good.

I don't think it triggers since it isn't "anytime you discard a card." 

Sky-Scraper

Tiny

HP: 16

There's no way for me to recover both Rebounding Debilitators and play them this turn so they're both sent to the trash. 

I put Giant Left Hook on top of my deck with Reclaim From the Deep. 

Hand: Rest and Recover, Agression Modulator, Explosive Reveal, Proportionist 

Discard: Linking Incursion, Rebounding Debilitator, Rebounding Debilitator

Under La Capitan: Compulsion Cannister, Undetectable Relinking 

Play: Rest and Recover: Switch to Normal, Move Linking Incursion to my hand, draw one card [colossal left hook.] 

Power: Draw 2 cards, Catch a ride and Rest and Recover (just what we didn't need,) 

Draw: Neutralizing Resonator. 

Where's a Thoranthian Monolith when you need one? 

End of turn: 

Sky-Scraper 

Normal

HP: 17 

No effects.

I won't be able to post my turn until after work (where I currently am) but I can still hit the Siphon on my turn if you want more cards?

If there's nothing better to do go for it, can't hurt to have more cards. 

By Truthseeker, I, of course, mean Cosmic Weapon. My current plan is to grab the heals and lash out at Mable to stop her card destruction. And then I have two options:

a) Hit the Siphon to trigger a power use by Sky-Scraper

b) Hit one of the 5 hp targets (I'm thinking Battle-Forged to keep the constructs in play longer) to knock them down to two so that the Electrical Storm Guise and Tempest have out will kill them next time round. This is working off the assumption that Electrical Storm was out first so it will trigger before the UYITG destruction if it isn't destroyed by the villain and 'er villainous crew.

I suppose there is a c) and d) as well.

c) Hit a higher health target with CW so we don't get hit with the Revenge damage next turn if it's still in play

d) Heal for 1 and do another point of damage to someone with that.

I'm open to suggestions as well. I'll be mulling this over for a few hours at least.

LPM and BF should be at [4], shouldn't they?  They were at [3]/[4] at the end of my turn, one of them would've healed up to [4] on Captain Cosmic's turn which puts all 5 lowest things at [4].  Tempest's Electrical Storm would've taken them down to [3], but they'd heal back to [4] from his card plays and they wouldn't heal from Sky-scraper's card play because Tempest and the constructs were the 6 lowest HP targets at that point (so Tempest would be at [5] and the 5 constructs would now be the 5 lowest HP targets)

So...question on timing then - when Scholar plays Get Out of the Way!, does the heal trigger when the card is played before its text occurs (in which case it'd heal the constructs for no gain) or after the card text has been processed (in which case it'd take them both down to [3] and then heal them back to [4]).  If it's the former, the Scholar can kill one of them with Cosmic Weapon while still killing either Mable or the other one of them via Mortal Form.  

I think they should be at 4, yes.

The wording is whenever a card is played. A literal reading would be that it happens before the text resolves. But that's my gut feeling.

If Revenge comes back out Guise got a retcon so we should be able to deal with it (should be able to, La Capitan's been awful good at ruining our plans lately,) if you can destroy Battle Forged (even if it means not activating the Siphon,) I'd do that because otherwise we lose a construct, she gets an extra card play, and he heals back to full health. 

I might say that it's even best to remove Battle Forged than Mabel as she can always take away the hurricane to slow Tempest's imminent incapcitation, but I'll defer to others on that. 

The one point of damage from Get Out of the Way! SHOULD take B-F down the [3], at which point Cosmic Weapon will finish him off. If he is higher than that, I can spike him with the damge from Get Out of the Way (which should be enough to kill him) and do something else. So we need to know if our health values are correct at [4] for both LPM and B-F and we need some sort of decision regarding the timing of the heals before I play my turn.

Hmm...if the heal would resolve after the card text is resolved, then another option might be this - if (and I realize this is a big IF) the Scholar has a card he can discard to activate Augmented Ally to allow him to use a power at the start of his turn, that's 3 damage to something, and then 1 from the card to still allow him to take out two targets (assuming HP calculations are correct, that is)

LOL boy did I start alot of debate, I just glad I could give Scholar options

As of the end of Sky-scraper's turn there are *8* targets tied for low with 4 HP.  Tempest, 5 constructs, LPM, and Battle-Forged.  And I consider healing to consider when the card enters play, so the new card is not eligible for healing and thus does not count against the total at that moment.

And a quick reminder that anything not killed by the villain turn is going to get 10 HP of healing.

Full listing:

Status
======
La Capitan [69] (Time Corsair)
La Paradoja Magnifica [4]
Battle Forged [4]
Chip          [6]
Siege-Breaker [8](-1)
Final Breath  [9]
L'Epeiste     [6]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [5]

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Guise           [15]
Captain Cosmic  [16] (tie: high HP)
Tempest         [4](-1)(+1) (tie: low HP)
Sky-Scraper     [16] (tie: high HP)
Scholar         [13]
Wounding Buffer [4]  (tie: low HP)(next to Tempest)  [2 energy retaliation]
Dynamic Siphon  [4]  (tie: low HP)(next to Sky-Scraper)
Cosmic Weapon   [4]  (tie: Low HP)(next to Scholar)
Autonomous Blade [4] (tie: low HP)(next to Guise)
Augmented Ally  [4]  (tie: low HP)(next to Scholar)

------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [17]  <-- slated to deal 0 damage due to empty environment trash
 

When she flips she doesn't destroy an ongoing, so only Mable would destroy one, right?  UYITG from Guise can be sacrificed if we want to kill LPM and BF.  If you'd rather take down Mable instead of one of them, that'll work too.

When she flips she stops destroying an ongoing, and also stops shooting.  Instead she heals all villain targets; redirects the first damage per round to a non-villain target; and prevents damage to herself in exchange for losing cards from under her character card.

If we have cards for Mable, I'll take out LPM and B-F when I get back home from work later.

Sorry about what must seem like odd timings for me to be on and post turns to everyone else not in Europe.

As an aside, I'll likely be dropping Mortal Form after this next to build up my hand, so that can be sacrificed as well. Although I say we start working on Mable because she plays a card at the start of the villain turn as well as stealing from us at the end, doesn't she?

Yeah, taking her out soon definitely seems like the way to go.  She's immune to melee, but at least she only has 6 max HP.

Edited to add: if we have Mable take out Mortal Form (since the Scholar will be letting it go next round anyway) or Localized Hurricane to spare Tempest the additional damage taken from anything, then we potentially do run into the question of timing on Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy copying Tempest's Electrical Storm.

UYITG card text is
"When this card enters play, give another player a highfive.  If you do, treat this card as if it had the game text of every ongoing card in that player's play area, replacing their hero's name with Guise.

At the start of your turn, destroy this card."

If the copied text goes into the main card area above the "at the start of your turn", then the start-of-turn effect for Electrical Storm would trigger first.  If it's a case of checking which card came into play first, ES precedes UYITG so the effect would trigger.  If the copied text of UYITG gets copied onto the card below the base text, then UYITG destroys itself before the copied ES can fire off.

Good job, Now we can Start takeing out things and show La captian, Why she will get her la butt kicked

The Scholar has no trash to take a card from.

John Rhodes turns to the purple squirrel perched in thin air. "Move, little one. I need that ley-line." He waits patiently and then strums a seemingly-invisble string. A pure note rings out in the twisted void of the Realm of Discord and a line of fire streaks towards the crew of the floating time-ship and the unnatural abomination stalking them. The fire strikes each target before rebounding towards the Scholar and he is visibly restored as he flicks his fingers towards the hull of the time-ship and a blast of energy sunders it in twain. He merely glances at the glowing blade by his side and it darts forwards, towards its target.

The Scholar

HP:  13

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”, Expect the Worst

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: N/A

-/-

Start of Turn: Discard Expect The Worst for Mortal Form

Play a Card: “Get Out of the Way!” 1 Fire damage to each non-hero target - La Capitan [68] (Time Corsair), La Paradoja Magnifica [3], Battle Forged [3], Chip [5], Siege-Breaker [8](-1), Final Breath [8], L'Epeiste [5], Trueshot [8], The Amazing Mable [4], Portal Fiend [16] 

 The Scholar regains 9HP [22] and Mortal Form triggers targeting LPM for 9 [-6]

Use a Power: Cosmic Weapon: Battle-Forged [0]

Draw a Card:  Transmutive Recovery

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  22

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”

Effects:  Cosmic Weapon HP (4) {Construct} [Power: This Hero Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.] (Source: Captain Cosmic) – This is here so I don’t forget

Mortal Form to Energy – Discard a card at the start of the Scholar’s turn. Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

-/-

Comments: That should give us some breathing room.

Again, I think everything is correct. I would assume that my card play gives 4 constructs and Tempest a heal with Tempest gaining one hp.

Environment - The Realm of Discord

The air swirls in garish colors and popping sounds are heard.  Followed by the crackling of energy arcing.

In Play: Positive Energy Field, Portal Field [16]

Start: Portal Fiend deals Scholar [22] 0 psychic damage

Play: Explosive Bubbles [5]; Constructs are at full health [4]

End: Explosive bubbles deal 2 Energy damage to La Capitan [66], Scholar [20], Captain Cosmic [14], Sky-Scraper [14], Guise [13]

Trash: None

Effects:

- Whenever a card is played the 5 targets with the lowest HP regain 1 HP each. (Positive Energy Field)

- At the start of the environment turn, Portal Fiend deals the non-environment target with the 2nd highest HP X psychic damage, where X = the number of cards in the environment trash.

- At the end of the environment turn, Explosive Bubbles deals 2 energy damage to the X non-environment targets with the highest HP, where X = the HP of this card. (Explosive Bubbles)

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 4 - The Dread Pirate Helena Takes No Prisoners!


Villain Turn (La Capitan - Time Corsair -> Split Across Time)
Start -
  Ten cards under La Capitan; she flips her character card.
  All villain targets heal 10 HP;
  La Capitan [75], Chip [8], Siege-Breaker [10], Final Breath [11], L'Epeiste [7], Trueshot [9], Amazing Mable [6]
  Chip deals Scholar [18] 2 projectile damage
  L'Epeiste deals Scholar [15] 5 energy damage
  The Amazing Mable plays the top card of the villain deck: Maria Helena's Revenge (on-going)
    

Play - Walk The Plank! (one-shot)
 - La Capitan deals Scholar [12] 3 projectile damage.  (Scholar cannot use powers until the start of the villain turn.)

End -
      - 10 cards under La Capitan, she does not flip her character card
 - Chip deals Captain Cosmic [12] 2 Projectile damage.
 - Siege-Breaker deals Sky-scraper [11] and Guise [10] 3 irreducible Fire damage.
 - Final Breath deals Augmented Ally [X] 4 Toxic Damage.
 - Trueshot deals Captain Cosmic [8] 4 projectile damage.
 - The Amazing Mable destroys Localized Hurricane.
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Effects:
- Whenever La Capitan would be dealt damage, move a card from under La Capitan's character card to the appropriate trash.  Prevent that damage. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- The first time La Capitan would be dealt damage each round, redirect that damage to the non-villain target with the highest HP. (La Capitan - Split Across Time - advanced)
- Reduce damage done to Siege-Breaker by 1. (Siege-Breaker)
- Increase damage done by Final Breath to targets with 10 or fewer HP by 1. (Final Breath)
- Whenever a villain target is destroyed, La Capitan deals each hero target 4 Psychic Damage (Maria Helena's Revenge)
- Whenever a hero card is played, Trueshot regains 4 HP (Trueshot)
- The Amazing Mable is immune to melee damage (The Amazing Mable)

- At the start of the villain turn if there are three or more cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the start of the villain turn, each villain target regains X HP, where X = the number of cards under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

- At the start of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)
- At the start of the villain turn, L'Epeiste deals the hero target with the highest HP X Energy damage, where X = the number of hero ongoing and equipment cards in play. (L'Epeiste)
- At the start of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck (The Amazing Mable)

- At the end of the villain turn, if there are no cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- At the end of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)
- At the end of the villain turn, Siege-Breaker deals the two hero targets with the highest HP 3 irreducible Fire damage each. (Siege Breaker)
- At the end of the villain turn, Final Breath deals the hero target with the lowest HP 3 Toxic damage. (Final Breath)
- At the end of the villain turn, Trueshot deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 projectile damage (Trueshot)
- At the end of the villain turn, destroy a hero ongoing or equipment card (The Amazing Mable)

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time) (Cards: 10)
Chip          [8]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [11]
L'Epeiste     [7]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [6](immune to melee)

Maria Helena's Revenge (on-going)

# of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Compulsion Cannister (SS))
Villain Trash: Temporal Thief, La Paradoja Magnifica, Battle Forged, Walk the Plank!

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Guise           [10]
Captain Cosmic  [8]
Tempest         [5](-1) 
Sky-Scraper     [11]
Scholar         [12] (power use blocked)
Wounding Buffer [4]  (tie: low HP)(next to Tempest)  [2 energy retaliation]
Dynamic Siphon  [4]  (tie: low HP)(next to Sky-Scraper)
Cosmic Weapon   [4]  (tie: Low HP)(next to Scholar)
Autonomous Blade [4] (tie: low HP)(next to Guise)

------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [16]
Explosive Bubbles [5]


Comments:
- Lowest HP targets are the Constructs [4] x4, Tempest [5], Explosive Bubbles [5] and then The Amazing Mable [6].
 

Cosmic Will take the 4 damage and I would suggest killing off either Buffer, next to Sky or ally since scholar can't use powers this turn

I would say take Augmented Ally. I can put out two damage from Mortal Form if someone else can take Mable down to 2 or less. Also I assume Retcon is being played this turn?

Any preference for which ongoing/equipment we destroy, folks?  Guise's are almost certainly always going to be available since they'll get removed at the start of my turn anyway, but if there's a desire to lose something else, I've got no strong feelings one way or another.  If Mortal Form stays out, I'll copy it since I should have some card plays that will heal Guise this turn, but I don't think that's a make or break factor.

Yes, Retcon will be played this turn.

I'd like Mortal Form to stay out if possible. At least for another two turns.

I could definitely stand to use Localized Hurricane. I haven't even gotten to use the power yet, it's hurt more than it's helped.

Getting rid of Localized Hurricane sounds like a plan then.

Are you planning on dishing out damage this turn or are you thinking of regrouping with the Cleansing Downpour?

I was leaning towards the Cleansing Downpour for this turn, but if we needed damage I could get a good amount of mileage out of Grievous Hail Storm as well.

If both the Scholar and Guise have a copy of Mortal Form active, Downpour would do some nice damage too.  Since LC's going to be healing things for at least a couple turns I think we're better off focusing fire on 1-2 targets a turn, yeah?

So current plans are to have Mable destroy Localized Hurricane and Final Breath destroy Augmented Ally, I believe.

Final Breath is going to take out a construct a round.  L'Epeiste is going to be dealing damage that only grows based on our ongoings, and has low enough health that I think we can take him out along with Mable this turn while still getting ourselves better set up.  What do you all think?

sounds good

And If needed I can take out Buffer, and hit The Amazing Mable [6] for 5 Energy

Villain turn updated to reflect cuurent plan.

Next card play will heal Tempest to [6]. 

Current Bubble's target list is La Capitan, Scholar, Final Breath, Sky-scraper, Siege-breaker.

I will be out for most of the day.

"Oh honey, really?  Revenge is SO cliche.  We need to re-invent you...something less passe, more PAR-TAY!  C'mon, let's try a 'Wooo, yeah!  WOOO!'...no?  Okay.  C'mon Blade-y!  Hey Cap, this little guy is awesome, thanks!" 

Guise

HP:  

Hand:  Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!, Retcon, Best Card Ever!

In Play: UYITG copying Tempest

Which leads to:

- -1 damage to Guise (copying Otherworldly Resistance)
- At the start of your turn, Guise deals each non-Hero Target 1 Lightning Damage. (copying Electrical Storm)

Trash: Selling Out, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too!, Total Beefcake

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

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Start of Turn: Assuming that the copied Electrical Storm does in fact fire off before UYITG destroys itself...if not, I'll re-work this:

- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to L'Epeiste [6]
- - First damage of the turn triggers Autonomous Blade to deal 2 energy damage to L'Epeiste [4]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Mable [5]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to La Capitan
- - First damage of the round redirected to Portal Fiend [15]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Portal Fiend [14]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Chip [7]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Siege-Breaker [10] (-1)
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Final Breath [10]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Trueshot [8]
- UYITG copied ES deals 1 lightning damage to Explosive Bubbles [4]
- UYITG destroys itself

Play a Card:

Retcon:
- Heal constructs x 4, Explosive Bubbles [5]
- Trueshot heals 4 [9]
- Destroy Maria Helena's Revenge
- Play 1 card: Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy (copying the Scholar's ongoings)
- - Heal constructs x 4, L'Epeiste [5]

Use a Power: 

Tough Choices:
- Play a card: 
- - Best Card Ever!
- - - Heal constructs x 4, Explosive Bubbles for no effect
- - Draw 2 cards: Best Card Ever (topdecked courtesy of Tempest), Gritty Reboot
- - Guise deals L'Epeiste 2 melee damage [3]
- - Guise regains 1 hp [11]
- - - UYITG copied Mortal Form deals 1 energy damage to Mable [4]
- - Play a card: Best Card Ever!
- - - Heal L'Epeiste [4], constructs x 4
- - - Draw 2 cards: Where Did I Leave That..., Blatant Reference
- - - Guise deals L'Epeiste 2 melee damage [2]
- - - Guise regains 1 hp [12]
- - - - UYITG copied Mortal Form deals 1 energy damage to Mable [3]
- - - May play a card: decline
- Guise deals 1 melee damage to Dynamic Syphon [3] giving Sky-Scraper a power use

Draw a Card:  Selling Out

End of Turn: --

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HP:  12

Hand:  Blatant Reference, Where Did I Leave That..., Gritty Reboot, Selling Out

In Play: Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! copying the Scholar

Trash:  Selling Out, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too!, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, Guise the Barbarian, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Effects:  Copying ongoings in the Scholar's play area (currently just Mortal Form to Energy)

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time) (Cards: 10)
Chip          [7]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [10]
L'Epeiste     [2]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [3](immune to melee)

# of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Compulsion Cannister (SS))

Villain Trash: Temporal Thief, La Paradoja Magnifica, Battle Forged, Walk the Plank!, Maria Helena's Revenge

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Guise           [12]
Captain Cosmic  [8]
Tempest         [5](-1) 
Sky-Scraper     [11]
Scholar         [12] (power use blocked)
Wounding Buffer [4]   [2 energy retaliation]
Dynamic Siphon  [3]  (next to Sky-Scraper)
Cosmic Weapon   [4]  (next to Scholar)
Autonomous Blade [4] (next to Guise)

------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [14]
Explosive Bubbles [5]

Comments: any further incidental damage to LC this round will take cards out from under her without dealing her any damage.  Lowest 5 HP targets currently are L'Epeiste, Dynamic Syphon, Mable, and two of the remaining three constructs.  Tempest and Explosive Bubbles are next up.  I'm not going to be online much this afternoon but I'll try to check in a couple times.  

Captain Cosmic says “You like destroying my Constructs see what happens when I do…”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  8

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence, Potent Disruption, Cosmic Crest

In Play:

Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (3)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

 Trash: --

Effects:

Whenever Dynamic Siphon is dealt damage Sky-Scrapper May use a power

The First time that Tempest is Dealt damage by a target each turn Wounding Buffer Deals the Source of that damage 2 energy damage.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 3 energy damage.

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card: Potent Disruption (One-shot) [Destroy 1 construct card. Captain Cosmic deals 1 target Energy damage Equal to the HP of the Destroyed Construct card Plus 1]

Destroy Wounding Buffer: Next to Tempest HP (4) Captian Cosmic does (4+1) Damage to Final Breath [5]

(Forgot about the healing)

L'Epeiste     [3]

The Amazing Mable [4]

Trushot [9]

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Sky-Scrapper HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw a Card: Construct Cataclysm (one-shot) [Destroy all construct cards, Captain Cosmic either deals 1 target  X Irreducible energy damage, or deals up to x targets 3 energy damage each, where X is the number of constructs destroyed this way.]

Destroy all constructs

3 energy damage to Chip [4]

3 energy damage to L'Epeiste [X] Destroyed

3 energy damage to The Amazing Mable [1]

Healing:

The Amazing Mable [2]

Chip [5]

Final Breath [6]

Explosive Bubbles [5]

Tempest [6]

Trushot [9]

Draw a Card:  Construct Cataclysm

End of Turn: --

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HP:  8

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence, Cosmic Crest, Construct Cataclysm

In Play:  ==

  Trash: Potent Disruption, Wounding Buffer, Dynamic Siphon, Cosmic Weapon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Effects: --

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time) (Cards: 10)
Chip          [5]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [6]
L'Epeiste     [X]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [2](immune to melee)

# of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Compulsion Cannister (SS))

Villain Trash: Temporal Thief, La Paradoja Magnifica, Battle Forged, Walk the Plank!, Maria Helena's Revenge

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Guise           [12]
Captain Cosmic  [8]
Tempest         [6](-1) 
Sky-Scraper     [11]
Scholar         [12] (power use blocked)
------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [14]
Explosive Bubbles [5]

Through the claps of thunder and arcs of lightning, Tempest shoots backwards, landing in the midst of his fellow heroes. "Stay next to me!" he shouts. "We can still do this!" as an energizing rain begins to close their wounds.

PRIME WARDENS TEMPEST

HP:  5

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Cleansing Downpour, Grievous Hailstorm x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [9 cards], Chip [3], Final Breath [4], Trueshot [8], Portal Fiend [13], Explosive Bubbles [4]

Play a Card: Cleansing Downpour. Heals Chip [4], Final Breath [5], Explosive Bubbles [5], Tempest [6], Captain Cosmic [9]

Use a Power: Cleansing Downpour: Heals Guise [14], Captain Cosmic [11], Tempest [8], Sky-Scraper [13], Scholar [14]. Scholar and Guise can deal damage

Draw a Card: Gene-Bound Shackles

End of Turn:

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HP:  8

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Grievous Hailstorm x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep, Gene-Bound Shackles

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence, Into the Stratosophere, Chain Lightning

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

I think I got all of the hit points and healing right. I'm tempted to destroy the Positive Energy Field just so we don't have to keep track of it anymore haha

Sorry I forgot the healing on my turn I edited it, 

So Tempest's would make

Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [9 cards], Chip [4], Final Breath [5], Trueshot [8], Portal Fiend [13], Explosive Bubbles [4], The Amazing Mable [1]

Then Healing:

Mable [2], Chip [5],Final Breath [6], Explosive Bubbles [5], Tempest [7], 

Use a Power: Cleansing Downpour: Heals Guise [14], Captain Cosmic [10], Tempest [9], Sky-Scraper [13], Scholar [14]. Scholar and Guise can deal damage

Edit - dshields to the rescue, I thought something was a little off with health :)  Guise's healing->damage will go to Mable [x]

Also, since it was kinda buried in my wall of text turn post I figured I'd re-post here - Sky-scraper has a power use available during Guise's turn courtesy of the Dynamic Syphon.

dang computer

Computer Locked up didnt mean to post

Reedited Should be right now

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time) (Cards: 9)
Chip          [5]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [6]
L'Epeiste     [X]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [X](immune to melee)

# of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Compulsion Cannister (SS)) Augmented ally (cc)

Villain Trash: Temporal Thief, La Paradoja Magnifica, Battle Forged, Walk the Plank!, Maria Helena's Revenge

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Guise           [14]
Captain Cosmic  [10]
Tempest         [9](-1) 
Sky-Scraper     [13]
Scholar         [14] (power use blocked)
------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [14]
Explosive Bubbles [5]

Mable is missing from the start of turn damage, isn't she? If Guise and the Scholar team up, we can take out Chip or severely weaken Final Breath from the healing, setting it up for my play to kill Final Breath. Depends who we want gone.

Edit: my first ninja

If I hit the Bubbles now and on my turn, they should get another card from under LC and not hit anyone else. I can't do enough damage to take another crew member out before they heal.

Let me Just Post this again since I messed it all up

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time) (Cards: 9)
Chip          [5]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [6]
L'Epeiste     [X]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [X](immune to melee)

 # of cards under La Capitan: 10 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Compulsion Cannister (SS)) Augmented ally (cc)

Villain Trash: Temporal Thief, La Paradoja Magnifica, Battle Forged, Walk the Plank!, Maria Helena's Revenge

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Guise           [14]
Captain Cosmic  [10]
Tempest         [9](-1) 
Sky-Scraper     [13]
Scholar         [14] (power use blocked)
------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [14]
Explosive Bubbles [5]

Sky Gets to use a power before her turn

Sky-scraper has a power use available.  Scholar gets to hit something for a few energy damage due to Cleansing Downpour.

Since I consider healing *when the card is played* and before damage is dealt due to the card my healing calculations come out a bit different.

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time)
Chip          [4]
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [5]
L'Epeiste     [X]
Trueshot      [9]
The Amazing Mable [X](immune to melee)


# of cards under La Capitan: 9 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Dynamic Siphon (CC), Blatant Reference (Gui), Guise the Barbarian (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving  (Sch), Compulsion Cannister (SS))
 

-- One of these cards goes from under LC and back to the appropriate hero's trash.

-- Current order of low HP:  Chip [4'] (of 8); Final Breath [5] of 11; Explosive Bubbles [5] of 5; Tempest  [9] of 27; Trueshot [9] of 9.

After this it's Captain Cosmic [10] of 27; Siege-breaker [10] of 10;

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Guise           [14](-1)
Captain Cosmic  [10]
Tempest         [9](-1)  
Sky-Scraper     [13]
Scholar         [14] (power use blocked)

------- Environment --------
Positive Energy Field
Portal Fiend [13]
Explosive Bubbles [5]

I think the best thing would be to put my 2 energy onto the Explosive Bubbles, unless Sky-Scraper is going to be able to knock any of the villain targets down to 1 (because playing my card will push them up to 2 which is the most damage I can put out).

There's no healing after Captain Cosmic puts a card into play with his innate power, is there? (The power says to "put [the card] into play", which Positive Energy Field triggers "when a card is played".)

That is how I inturpeted it, that it didn't matter how it is played, that When a card is played

But I Bow down to the Mighty Cat lord For he is the DM

Bowing

bowing

More bowing

Sky can do some damage I think - if we can get Final Breath or Chip down this round that’d be pretty amazing.

I was traveling and should be able to post my turn/power use when I get back tomorrow afternoon. 

I am planning on using concusive clap on my turn to deal 2 damage to all non-hero targets, and if everyone is cool with, potentially playing Proportionist also (depending on what I draw from my power,) which would increase that to 3 damage to all of them, but also one to all of us. 

Additionally (pending what I draw,) I will play Colossal Left Hook which will deal four damage to whomever we need out of the way (Final breath?). If I play Proportionist in addition to Colossal Left Hook it will heal all lowest for two, but I should be able to take out either Chip or Final Breath no matter which way things are played. 

I’m good with taking a damage from the boosted power.

Sky-Scraper emerges from her vantage point. "I think my subterfuge has gone as far as it can," she says while beginning to grow, "If you need to find me I think it will be obvious to your eyes."

Power use from Villain Turn: Draw 2 cards- Undetectable Relinking, Micro-Assembler.

Sky-Scraper

Normal

HP: 13

Hand: Rest and Recover, Neutralizing Resonator, Linking Incursion, Aggresion Modulator, Proportionist, Micro-Assembler, Undectable Relinking, Colossal Left Hook, Explosive Reveal, Catch a Ride

Trash: Rest and Recover, Rebounding Debilitator, Rebounding Debilitator 

Play: Colossal Left Hook-Deal 3 damage to Chip [1] 

Heal Chip [2], Final Breath [6], Tempest [10] (Explosive Bubbles and Trueshot at Maximum) 

Discard Undectable Relinking to Play Proportionist

Heal Chip [3], Final Breath [7], and I believe either Captain Cosmic or Tempest to [11], others at maximum. 

Power: Concussive Clap, deal three damage to all non-hero targets: 

La Capitan [75]-One card goes to Hero trash 
Chip          [x]
Siege-Breaker [8](-1)
Final Breath  [4]
Trueshot      [6]

Explosive Bubbles [2] 

Portal Fiend [10] 

Deal one damage to all hero targets: 

Guise [13]

Sky-Scraper [12] 

Scholar [13] 

Captain Cosmic [9 or 10 depending on healing] 

Tempest (damage reduced to zero) [10 or 11 depending on healing] 

Draw: Cortex Hyperstimulator 

----End of Turn---- 

Sky-Scraper

Huge

HP: 12 

Hand: Rest and Recover, Neutralizing Resonator, Linking Incursion, Aggresion Modulator, Micro-Assembler, Explosive Reveal, Catch a Ride

In Play: Proportionist 

Trash: Rest and Recover, Rebounding Debilitator, Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Undetectable Relinking 

I think Guise is still copying Tempest's on-goings and thus has Otherworlds Resilience going - therefore no damage from the Concussive Clap.

Players can pick two cards from the pile under La Capitan to be returned to appropriate hero trash (from Sky-scraper's turn, plus one from earlier that still has not been picked.  This leaves 8 cards still under La Capitan going into Scholar's turn.

Low HP targets are:

Explosive Bubbles [2], Final Breath [4], Trueshot [6], Siege-breaker [8], Captain Cosmic [9/10], Portal Fiend [10]

No, Guise is copying the Scholar's ongoings this round so that he was able to do some damage when healed.

I think Captain Cosmic and Sky-scraper both have more reliable means of getting cards out of their trash than Guise, so if you two want to get your cards out from under La Capitan first, I'm fine with waiting on mine.

I'll take my Compulsion Cannister out. 

Dynamic Siphon for me then

As my healing damage from CD wasn't assigned, I'd like to redirect it to the Portal Fiend, which will leave the Bubbles around to take a card away for us from LC.

John Rhodes staggers forwards, the attack loosening his grip on the folds of reality. "Be calm, dudes. We've got this." A few of the scrapes on his face fade away and a tendril of energy lances towards the Chaos beast bounding into the fray.

The Scholar

HP:  13

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, “Get Out of the Way!”, Expect the Worst,

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: N/A

-/-

Start of Turn: Discard Truth Seeker for Mortal Form

Play a Card: Transmutive Recovery: Regain 2HP [15] and deal one target 2 energy damage: Portal Fiend [7] (if my maths are correct from playing a card). Draw 2 cards: Mortal Form to Energy, Don’t Dismiss Anything

Use a Power: N/A

Draw a Card:  Know When to Hold Fast

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  15

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, , Mortal Form to Energy, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Know When to Hold Fast

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery

Effects: Mortal Form to Energy – Discard a card at the start of the Scholar’s turn. Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

-/-

Comments: I can play DDA next turn for Guise to topdeck Retcon if needed. If not, I'll play my other Transmutive Recovery.

Environment - The Realm of Discord

Blobs of color race across the surface.  And the air seems to solidify and then crack in places.

In Play: Positive Energy Field, Portal Field [7], Explosive Bubbles [3]

Start: Portal Fiend deals Scholar [15] 0 psychic damage

Play: Imbued Fraility;  Positive Energy Field is destroyed.

End: Explosive bubbles deal 3 Energy damage to Scholar [12] and Sky-scraper [10].  La Capitan sheds another card.

Trash: Positive Energy Field

Effects:

- At the start of the environment turn, Portal Fiend deals the non-environment target with the 2nd highest HP X psychic damage, where X = the number of cards in the environment trash.

- At the end of the environment turn, Explosive Bubbles deals 2 energy damage to the X non-environment targets with the highest HP, where X = the HP of this card. (Explosive Bubbles)

- Increase all damage dealt by 1. (Imbued Fraility)

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 5 - Niche In Time

Villain Turn (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
Start -
  Scholar regains use of powers
  All villain targets heal 7 HP;
  La Capitan [75], Siege-Breaker [10], Final Breath [11], Trueshot [9]
 
Play - Temporal Thief (one-shot)
 - La Capitan steals the top card of each hero deck and puts it under her character card (cards 8-12)
 - La Capitan deals Guise [11], Captain Cosmic [8], Sky-scraper [8], and Scholar [10] 2 psychic damage.  Tempest is dealt [10] (2-1) 1 psychic damage.

End -
 - 12 cards under La Capitan, she does not flip her character card
 - Siege-Breaker deals Guise [7] and Scholar [6] 4 irreducible Fire damage.
 - Final Breath deals Scholar [1] 5 Toxic Damage.
 - Trueshot deals Tempest [6] 5 projectile damage.

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Effects:
- Whenever La Capitan would be dealt damage, move a card from under La Capitan's character card to the appropriate trash.  Prevent that damage. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- The first time La Capitan would be dealt damage each round, redirect that damage to the non-villain target with the highest HP. (La Capitan - Split Across Time - advanced)
- Reduce damage done to Siege-Breaker by 1. (Siege-Breaker)
- Increase damage done by Final Breath to targets with 10 or fewer HP by 1. (Final Breath)
- Whenever a hero card is played, Trueshot regains 4 HP (Trueshot)

- At the start of the villain turn, each villain target regains X HP, where X = the number of cards under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

- At the end of the villain turn, if there are no cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- At the end of the villain turn, Siege-Breaker deals the two hero targets with the highest HP 3 irreducible Fire damage each. (Siege Breaker)
- At the end of the villain turn, Final Breath deals the hero target with the lowest HP 3 Toxic damage. (Final Breath)
- At the end of the villain turn, Trueshot deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 projectile damage (Trueshot)

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time)
Siege-Breaker [10](-1)
Final Breath  [11]
Trueshot      [9]

# of cards under La Capitan: 12 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Blatant Reference (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Look What I Found (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Grevious Hailstorm (Tem), Tetonic Chokeslam (SS), Alchemical Redirection (SCH)

Villain Trash: Temporal Thief (x2), La Paradoja Magnifica, Battle Forged, Walk the Plank!, The Amazing Mable, La Epeiste, Chip, Maria Helena's Revenge

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Guise           [7]
Captain Cosmic  [8]
Tempest         [6/2](-1)  
Sky-Scraper     [8]
Scholar         [1/5]

------- Environment --------
Imbued Fraility (all damage +1)
Portal Fiend [7]
Explosive Bubbles [3]

Comments:

1. Caught up on effects and decisions.
 

Go Siege-Breaker!

Takes another Wounding Buffr from top of my deck, So I should have X2 under her

He's been brutalizing this group of heroes since that early play of Raiding Party.

Tectonic Chokeslam goes under La Capitan. 

I'd be happy to take the damage from Explosive Bubbles. 

If no one else wants something out from under LC, I'll take Guise the Barbarian, but I think there are probably better options - Keep Moving, maybe?

Temporal Thief takes Look What I Found! from Guise.  Drat.  That is unfortunate.

I dont need mine 

I'll check my deck when I get back from work but I'm happy for the Scholar to take the damage leaving him on one. If Tempest uses Cleansing Downpour and then I play Transmutive recovery, I should soak some more damage during the villain turn and then be able to hand out power uses on my turns. Although this seems to be wrapping itself up pretty quickly.

Alternatively, I can play DDA and use my base power for a point of healing (losing one HP compared to the other plan) but giving guaranteed draws next round. Leaning towards the second option, but I can be swayed.

Tempest loses a Grievous Hail Storm to La Capitan. I'll definitely Cleansing Downpour on my turn, but yeah I don't know how much longer we can hold out.

Well, with the bonus from Imbued Frailty, we have the damage available via known cards and powers to wipe out the three crew members and two environment targets.  It's still possible that we can turn this one around :)

I lose an Alchemical Redirection to the Temporal Thief.

Aha, villain turn updated, all caught up, good to go.

"So...we got this, right?  Hang on, I know I had something to give us some theme music here, give me a sec...

Oh, and WOOO!" 

Guise

HP:  7

Hand:  Blatant Reference, Where Did I Leave That..., Gritty Reboot, Selling Out

In Play: UYITG copying Scholar

Trash: Selling Out, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too!, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Guise the Barbarian

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

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Start of Turn: 

- UYITG destroys itself

Play a Card:

Where Did I Leave That...
- - Trueshot heals for no effect
- Draw 2 cards: I Can Do That, Too!, Look What I Found!
- Did you get whatyou were looking for? It hurts me to say no.
- Discard those two cards to put a card from trash in hand - Best Card Ever!

Use a Power:

Tough Choices:
- Play a card: Best Card Ever!
- - - Trueshot heals for no effect
- - Draw 2 cards: Look What I Found! (seriously?), Gimmicky Character
- - Guise deals 2 + 1 - 1 melee damage to Siege-Breaker [8]
- - Guise regains 1 HP [8]
- - Play a card: Blatant Reference
- - - Trueshot heals for no effect
- Guise deals 1 + 1 melee damage to Final Breath [9]

Draw a Card:  Lemme See That...

End of Turn: Discard 1 card (Lemme See That...) to deal 1 + 1 projectile damage to Final Breath [7]

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HP:  8

Hand:  Selling Out, Gritty Reboot, Gimmicky Character, Look What I Found!

In Play: Blatant Reference

Trash:  Selling Out, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x2, Guise the Barbarian, Where Did I Leave That..., Look What I Found!, Lemme See That...

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!, Look What I Found!

Effects:  At the end of each Hero turn, you may discard 1 card.  If you do, Guise deals 1 target 1 projectile damage.

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time) (Cards: 12)
Siege-Breaker [8](-1)
Final Breath  [7]
Trueshot      [9]

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Guise           [8]
Captain Cosmic  [8]
Tempest         [6](-1)  
Sky-Scraper     [8]
Scholar         [1]

------- Environment --------
Imbued Fraility (all damage +1)
Portal Fiend [7]
Explosive Bubbles [3]

Captain Cosmic says “Up up and awa……I really need a tagline”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  8

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Sustained Influence, Cosmic Crest, Construct Cataclysm

In Play: --

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer, Dynamic Siphon(X2), Cosmic Weapon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Effects:--

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card: Sustained Influence (Ongoing) [Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy this card to put that construct back into play.]

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw a Card: Autonomous Blade Play next to Guise HP (4)

Draw a Card:  Unflagging Animation

End of Turn: --

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HP:  8

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Cosmic Crest, Construct Cataclysm, Unflagging Animation

In Play:

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Sustained Influence

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer, Dynamic Siphon(X2), Cosmic Weapon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Effects:

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence to put that construct back into play.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 3 energy damage.

"Blade-y II, son of Blade-y!  Yaaaaaaaay!"

At the end of Captain Cosmic's turn, Guise discards Selling Out to deal 1 + 1 projectile damage to Final Breath [5].

Autonomous Blade deals 2 + 1 - 1 energy damage to Siege-Breaker [6].

Autonomous Blade deals should deal 3 + 1 -1 Siege is at [5]

Autonomous Blade does only 2 damage.   Cosmic Weapon does 3 for its power use.  

See what I get for drinking to early, LOL thanks Powerhound

PRIME WARDENS TEMPEST

HP:  6

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Grievous Hailstorm x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep, Gene-Bound Shackles

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1+1 damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [11 cards], Siege-Breaker [5], Final Breath [3], Trueshot [7], Portal Fiend [5], Explosive Bubbles [1]

Play a Card: Chain Lightning 4+1 damage to Portal Fiend [X], 3+1-1 damage to Siege-Breaker [2], 2+1 damage to Final Breath [X]

Use a Power: Cleansing Downpour: Heals Guise [10], Captain Cosmic [10], Tempest [8], Sky-Scraper [10], Scholar [3]

Draw a Card: Into the Stratosphere

End of Turn:

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HP:  8

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Grievous Hailstorm x 2, Reclaim from the Deep, Gene-Bound Shackles, Into the Stratosphere

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

At the end of Tempest's turn, Guise discards Gimmicky Character  to deal 1 + 1 projectile damage to Trueshot [7] (since he healed from the CL card play).

Autonomous Blade deals 2 + 1 energy damage to Trueshot [4].

The Electrical Storm damage to La Capitan was the first damage dealt to her in the round - therefore she redirected it to the non-villain with the highest HP; Guise, Captain Cosmic, or Sky-Scraper. (Now at [8]).  Advanced La Capitan effect on her "Split Across Time" side. (I have receive a correction that the "prevent via discard precedes this" - so never mind. 

Trueshot at [4].  Siege-breaker at [2].

Oh, and Scholar gets to hit a target for 3 energy damage.  (Mortal Form to Energy)

According to Spiff, the damage reduction from removing cards happens first - until all the cards are gone, she won't redirect.

Sort of odd advanced power then.  No problem.  Heroes at 10, another card gone from under Helena.

10. Does Advanced La Capitan redirect damage first or does she prevent damage until she can no longer do so, then redirect?

You would continue to go by the order of the card, so she would prevent damage as long as she could and then redirect damage when she could no longer prevent it.

Good for us lets us take out all her minions without retalation

I would have Scholar kill trushot so it doesn't heal anymore 3+1 X dead

Shouldn't that be 2+1?

Going by what Oaktree posted:

Oh, and Scholar gets to hit a target for 3 energy damage.  (Mortal Form to Energy)

Yeah. It's 2+1 to  make three. I can't do Trueshot but I can ruin Siegebreaker's day!

Before you do that, I can only deal Truesot six damage on my turn (with the help of someone else!) and her healing would bring her up to eight (then down to 2,) but I was planning on going into tiny and playing some of my Links, but that would bring her back up to full health from the two card plays.  

I don't mind not playing my links if that's the way we want to go, but I think it would be helpful to knock her down to [1] this turn and then focus on Siege-Breaker with Scholar's turns and Guise's delightful referencing. 

While we're thinking of things, do we think we can get rid of (or whittle down) Explosive Bubbles before the Environment turn? I have an Aggresion Modulator that I was planning on affecting them with (the bubbles have a brain for modulation, I'm sure of it,) but if we can get rid of it I can play a Neutralizing Resonantor instead which acts as Ongoing destruction when we need it. 

Sure. I'm happy to hit Trueshot instead if we feel we can take her out this round.

We should be able to take out all three remaining targets, yeah.  We can also leave the Bubbles alive at [1] to ping the 1 highest HP target and get another card out from under La Capitan.

Honestly, I'd like to see all her crew gone this round to hopefully give us the next round of breathing room, but I'll roll with whatever happens

If we do end up taking out her remaining crew by the end of Sky-Scraper's turn, then I'd be curious what you all think - would it be better to get two more cards out from under her on Scholar's turn, or save a damage-dealing card for next round in case LC plays something that pulls targets out of her trash?

Or I could, y'know, not impede Sky-scraper's turn and we just take out Trueshot on Scholar's turn.  Will edit accordingly.  Still curious whether people think it's better to save a damage-dealing card or pull two cards out from under LC.

In that case True Shot should be at [1] at the beginning of this turn. 

Even after bracing herself Sky-Scraper staggers from the force of her clap, and decides to get closer to the action, much closer. As she shrinks she finds the Guise the Preposterous- "Get me in there," She squeaks, and as his entire body changes to reflect his delight, she wonders if she made a mistake in trusting him, but it's too late, she's already in the air... 

Sky-Scraper

Huge

HP: 8

Hand: Catch a Ride, Cortex Hyper-Stimulator, Neutralizing Resonator, Linking Incursion, Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator 

In Play: Proportionist 

Discard: Compulsion Cannister, Rebounding Debilitator, Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Rest and Recover

Under La Capitan: Tectonic Chokelsam, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking 

Play: Catch a ride: 

-TrueShot heals for 4, to [5]

-Proportionist causes Sky-Scraper to draw a card (Thorathian Monolith) 

-Guise deals one target 2[+1] damage (I believe he chooses, but I'm assuming TrueShot for the rest of this, so she'd be at [3])

-Autonoumous Blade activates (Guise) 

-Sky-Scraper deals 2[+1] Irreducible damage to Trueshot [x] 

Power: Sneaking 

-Sky-scraper plays Cortex Hyperstimulator on La Capitan (Reduce her first damage each turn by 1, at the end of the villain turn she deals herself 1 lighting damage) 

-Sky-scraper plays Neutralizing Resonator in front of La Capitan (Discard the Top card of the Villain Deck) 

-Sky-Scraper returns Compulsion Cannister and Rebounding Debilitator to her hand. 

Draw: Linking Incursion

End of Turn: 

Sky-Scraper

Tiny 

HP: 8

Hand: Linking Incursion, Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator, Linking Incursion, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Rebounding Debilitator 

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator, Neutralizing Resonator  

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Rest and Recover

Under La Capitan: Tectonic Chokelsam, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking 

Effects: 

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by one

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

Oh.  Even better!  Um.  Let me go undo my edits then, because I was definitely not seeing where you were going.  Sorry!

So that would also mean that Scholar Hits Trushot for 3 to bring it down to 1

and if guise wants Auto could take out siege breaker

Works for me.  Autonomous Blade deals 2 + 1 - 1 energy damage to Siege-Breaker [X].

BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Captain Cosmos makes Pydro a small siege breaker construct, and sends him to the corner to play with it.

Hooray! But, does it have to be yellow?

Guise take the seige braker from pydro wraps it in his underware and hands it back to pydro, there now it is purple.

Hooray!..I think…

Pressing a hand to the wound on his side, the Scholar grimaces. "Don't give in. Learn from the lessons of your past, everything is important." *gasp of pain* "They're going to hit us as hard as they can and we will survive the coming storm." A spike of green energy lances from the wound as it shrinks, popping a few of the floating bubbles hovering around the school of dazzling, purple fish.

The Scholar

HP:  3

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, , Mortal Form to Energy, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Know When to Hold Fast

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: N/A

-/-

Start of Turn: Discard Know When to Hold Fast for Mortal Form

Play a Card: Don’t Dismiss Anything: Each player may either move one card from their trash to the top of their deck, or put the top card of their deck into play.

I choose to play the top card: Expect the Worst: Damage dealt to the Scholar becomes 0. At the start of the turn, the Scholar regains 2HP and the card is destroyed

Use a Power: Better Living: The Scholar regains 1HP [4] and deals 2 energy damage to the Explosive Bubbles [1]

Draw a Card:  Keep Moving

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  4

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, Mortal Form to Energy, Keep Moving

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast, Don’t Dismiss Anything

Effects: Mortal Form to Energy – Discard a card at the start of the Scholar’s turn. Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

Damage dealt to the Scholar becomes 0. At the start of the turn, the Scholar regains 2HP and Expect the Worst is destroyed

-/-

Comments: The idea being to topdeck ongoing destruction but I have another DDA in hand so if you want to go wild for a turn, that's fine.

Guise topdecks Where Did I Leave That (which can be used to dig for Retcon if needed), discards Gritty Reboot at the end of Scholar's turn and sends Blade-y II over toward La Capitan to pull another two cards out from under her.  Are there any cards under her that people particularly want back in their trash as soon as possible?

Keeping Look What I Found in hand just in case.

My Topdeck is Augmented Ally, Who would like it??

I don't have any Ongoing destruction in my trash, so I'll play top card: Vicious Cyclone. Put it next to La Capitan, that should help with stripping more cards away.

Sky-"One Power"-Scraper does not need Augmented Ally

It looks like I left my deck elsewhere and won't get to it until the morning. I'd prefer to play the top card of my deck, but in the interest of not holding things up I will tentatively put Rest and Recover on top of my deck. 

If Tempest and/or the Environment turn isn't posted by the time I get my deck I may change if that's cool with everyone, but don't hold things up on my account. 

Explosive Bubbles was at [1] at the start of Scholar's turn.  Was the intent to kill it, or weaken it *to* 1? (I will assume kill and move on.)

I think there are also two cards to be selected to be removed from under La Capitan. 

Villain deck discard was "Walk The Plank!".

Environment - The Realm of Discord

Tendrils of force reach from the ground.. along with a snazzy jazz score.

In Play: Positive Energy Field

Start: None

Play: Ethereal Bonds [9]

End: Ethereal Bonds deal 3 Energy damage to Sky-Scraper [7].  Sky-scraper cannot deal damage.

Trash: Positive Energy Field

Effects:

- At the start of the environment turn, Portal Fiend deals the non-environment target with the 2nd highest HP X psychic damage, where X = the number of cards in the environment trash.

- At the end of the environment turn, Ethereal Bonds deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 energy damage.  A target dealt damage this way cannot deal damage until the start of the next environment turn. (Ethereal Bonds)

- Increase all damage dealt by 1. (Imbued Fraility)

I don't need to deal damage next turn so I can take the hit from Etheral Bonds. 

(villain turn arriving shortly)

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 6 - Quarter Deck?  Why not all the Deck!

Villain Turn (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
Start -
  All villain targets heal 9 HP; La Capitan [75]
 
Play - Raiding Party (one-shot)
 - Entire deck searched for crew, none found.  Entire deck discarded.
 - Blatant Reference is destroyed.

End -
 - 9 cards under La Capitan, she does not flip her character card
 - La Capitan prevents (1+1-1) 1 lightning damage to herself by removing a card from under her character card (Cortex Hyperstimulator)

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Effects:
- Whenever La Capitan would be dealt damage, move a card from under La Capitan's character card to the appropriate trash.  Prevent that damage. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- The first time La Capitan would be dealt damage each round, redirect that damage to the non-villain target with the highest HP. (La Capitan - Split Across Time - advanced)

- At the start of the villain turn, each villain target regains X HP, where X = the number of cards under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

- At the end of the villain turn, if there are no cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

Status
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La Capitan [75] (Split Across Time)

# of cards under La Capitan: 8 (Gritty Reboot (Gui), Blatant Reference (Gui), EXXXTREEMME! (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Cleansing Downpour (Tem), Undetectable Relinking (SS), Keep Moving (Sch), Look What I Found (Gui), Wounding Buffer (CC), Grevious Hailstorm (Tem), Tetonic Chokeslam (SS), Alchemical Redirection (SCH)  <== Three of these currently can be selected for return to hero trash.
Villain Trash: Everything.

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Guise           [10]
Captain Cosmic  [10]
Tempest         [8](-1)  
Sky-Scraper     [7] (cannot deal damage until start of environment turn)
Scholar         [4]
Autonomous Blade [4](next to Guise)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Neutralizing Resonator (next to La Capitan)
Vicous Cyclone (next to La Capitan)
Augmented Ally [4] (next to Tempest)

------- Environment --------
Imbued Fraility (all damage +1)
Ethereal Bonds [9]


Comments:
- Choose another card to take from under La Capitan (3 total to be reclaimed currently)

- Gaze upon the wondrous villain trash pile.

Gazes upon the trash pile

That is indeed wonderous.  And hilarious.

Since La Capitan's self-damage was prevented, is the damage reduction caused by Cortex Hyperstimulator still around?  (This is a rules question that has not been satisfactorily resolved, so Oaktree should probably just decide what should be done.)

I think it is, and it's per turn as well.  In this case, due to Imbued Fraility adding +1 damage the damage reduction from Cortex Hyperstimulator would drop the self-inflicted damage to zero in any case - so the prevent via discard would kick in.  Without Imbued Fraility I can see the case where you can argue that the DR makes the self-attack zero damage and thus would not trigger the discard.  (Followed by discussion that order of application comes into play, yadda yadda yadda.)

I will, for the length of this game, rule that the prevent kicks in before the DR.  Thus treating it like the Spiff ruling on the advanced power that does the redirect.  The advanced power, and Cortex Hyperstimulator, are both in order after the prevent via discard effect - so it kicks in first.  Being somewhat consistent in regards to this side of La Capitan's character card.

Lets put ally next to tempest, that way he can heal and do damage if he wishes

I don't really need anything back from under the Captain. I would prefer to keep all of my ongoings as they will assist in getting her to flip back, but I could be persuaded to lose my DR if necessary.

I can lose Sustained Influence There is nothing atm that can kill my constructs

Destroy Blatant Reference, since it'll destroy itself at the start of my turn anyway.

I think I was the last to pick a card to pull from under La Capitan, so I'll defer to others grabbing one out of the 3 from last round.  They all have to come out eventually.

"I swear I feel a draft..." 

Guise

HP:  10

Hand:  Look What I Found!

In Play: 

Trash: Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x2, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found!, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Gritty Reboot, Retcon, Blatant Reference

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!, Look What I Found!

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card:

decline to play

Use a Power:

Tough Choices:
- Draw a card: Where Did I Leave That...
- Guise deals prevented melee damage to La Capitan [75]
- - Blade-y II deals prevented energy damage to La Capitan [75]
- - - Guise will take X-TREEEEEEEEME!!! out from under La Capitan and put it in his trash

Draw a Card:  Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  10

Hand:  Look What I Found!, Where Did I Leave That..., Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!

In Play: nothing

Trash:  Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x2, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found!, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Gritty Reboot, Retcon, Blatant Reference, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Under La Capitan: Gritty Reboot, Blatant Reference, Look What I Found!

Effects:  Autonomous Blade [4]

Comments: if y'all would rather have damage go toward the Ethereal Bonds, I'll do that instead.

Captain Cosmic says “Learning is half the battle, What …..oh that is used too dang it”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  10

Hand:  Conservation Of Energy, Cosmic Crest, Construct Cataclysm, Unflagging Animation

In Play:

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (4)

Sustained Influence

Trash:  Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer, Dynamic Siphon(X2), Cosmic Weapon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Effects:

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence to put that construct back into play.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 3 energy damage.

At the start Tempest’s turn, Tempest may discard a card.  If they do Tempest may use a power Immediately.

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Start of Turn: --

Play a Card: Unflagging Animation (Ongoing, Limited) [At the end of your turn, Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage.] [At the start of your turn you may move 1 construct card from your trash into play. Then you may destroy this card.]

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw a Card: Augmented Ally Play Next to Scholar

Draw a Card:  Cosmic Crest

End of Turn: Captain cosmic deals himself 1+1 irreducible psychic damage

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HP:  8

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Construct Cataclysm, Cosmic Crest(X2)

In Play:

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (4)

Sustained Influence

Unflagging Animation

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Scholar (4) (I will give you another power next turn)

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer, Dynamic Siphon(X2), Cosmic Weapon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Effects:

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence to put that construct back into play.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 2 energy damage.

 At the end of your turn, Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage. At the start of your turn you may move 1 construct card from your trash into play. Then you may destroy this card.

At the start Tempest’s turn, Tempest may discard a card.  If they do Tempest may use a power Immediately.

At the start of Scholar turn. Scholar may discard a card.  If they do, Scholar may use a power Immediately.

Comments: I dont need my Buffers back so everyone else take thiers first.

I dropped the ball there by not noticing the electrical storm damage. Sorry, people. Also, I don't mind about getting a card back from her. If I get one, could the Keep Moving go to my trash, if not, no big deal.

I'll take Tectonic Chokeslam back from La Capitan. 

HP:  8

Hand:  Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Grievous Hailstorm x 2, Reclaim from the Deep, Gene-Bound Shackles, Into the Stratosphere

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour, Vicious Cyclone (next to La Capitan)

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 2, Chain Lightning, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1+1 lightning damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [5 cards], Ethereal Bonds [7]
Vicious Cyclone - discard Grievous Hail Storm, Into the Stratosphere, Flash Flood to deal 3 instances of 1+1 projectile damage to La Capitan [2 cards]"
Augmented Ally - discard Lightning Slash to use Cleansing Downpour: Heals Guise [12], Captain Cosmic [10], Tempest [10], Sky-Scraper [9], Scholar [5]

Play a Card: Grievous Hail Storm

Use a Power: Grievous Hail Storm - deals 2+1 cold damage to La Capitan [1 card], Ethereal Bonds [4]

Draw a Card: Gene-Bound Shackles

End of Turn:

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HP:  10

Hand:   Reclaim from the Deep, Gene-Bound Shackles x 2

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour, Vicious Cyclone (next to La Capitan), Grievous Hail Storm

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 3, Chain Lightning x 2, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane, Grievous Hail Storm, Flash Flood, Lightning Slash

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

Wincing from an unlikely restriction from Etheral Bonds, Sky-scraper continues to spread her technological sabotage out of sight from her enemies.

Sky-Scraper

Tiny 

HP: 9

Hand: Linking Incursion, Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator, Linking Incursion, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Rebounding Debilitator 

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator, Neutralizing Resonator  

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Tectonic Chokeslam, Catch a Ride

Under La Capitan:  Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking 

Effects: 

-Until the start of the Environment turn Sky-Scraper cannot deal damage

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by one

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

Play:  Linking Incursion 

-Revealed Micro-Assembler 

-Revealed Aggression Modulator 

-Sky-Scraper plays Micro Assembler on Tempest (for the lack of anything better) [Tempest gains: Power: Discard a card, then search your deck for an equipment card and put it either into your hand or into play, then shuffle your deck]

-Sky-Scraper plays Aggresion Modulator on Etheral Bonds (Damage dealth to Heroes by Etheral Bonds is decreased by 2, damage dealth to Villain targets is increased by 1) 

-Sky-Scraper shuffles her deck. 

Power: Sneaking

Sky-Scraper plays Rebounding Debilitator on La Capitan 

Sky-Scraper plays Compulsion Canister on Etheral Bonds. It deals itself 2[+1] damage [1], then it deals La Capitan 2[+1,+1] damage which is prevented leaving her with zero cards. 

Sky-Scraper returns Compulsion Canister to her hand. 

Draw: Tectonic Chokeslam 

---End of Turn---- 

Sky-Scraper

Tiny 

HP: 9

Hand: Linking Incursion, Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Tectonic Chokeslam

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator (La Capitan), Neutralizing Resonator (La Capitan), Aggresion Modulator (Etheral Bonds,) Rebounding Debilitator (La Capitan), Micro Assembler (Tempest)  

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Tectonic Chokeslam, Catch a Ride, Linking Incursion, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking

Under La Capitan:  None

Effects: 

-Tempest has Power: Discard a card, then search your deck for an equipment card and put it either into your hand or into play, then shuffle your deck

-Damage dealt by Etheral bonds to Hero Targets is reduced by two and damage dealt to Villain targets is increased by one 

-When La Capitan would deal 3 or more damage prevent that damage and Rebounding Debilitator goes to the top of Sky-scraper's deck or is discarded.

-Until the start of the Environment turn Sky-Scraper cannot deal damage

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by one

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

Notes: Since no cards are under La Capitan two copies of Undectable Relinking have gone to my discard. 

Shouldn’t Scholar get 2+1 damage from the Cleansing Downpour before this?

Yes So skys turn may have to be adjusted a bit

I would say have scholar hit  Etheral Bonds then sky turn would kill it.

I have a question on Tempests turn

if 2 diffrent cards say "to discard X amout of cards"

Shouldn't he get "Credit" for both cards from each discard

Since he had to discard 3 cards Shouldn't that also count for discarding 1 card. 

You can't pay multiple costs with a single action. If you could then The Scholar could discard one card to keep all nine elements in play, and no one is saying that would be the intent!

EDIT: If I borrow £10 from you and then borrow a second £10 from you a week later, and then give you back £10 a day later, have I repaid you for both lots of £10?

I believe that'd kill it before it could do anything to  LC.  If Scholar hits LC on Tempest's heal, then enough cards would be out from under her that Sky's Compulsion Cannister would do her some damage (unless that damage would get redirected, not sure on the timing).
 

Unfortunately no - an ability that has a discard as a specified cost has to have that cost paid individually.  Just like the Scholar can't discard 1 card to keep potentially 9 forms in play.  Something like Parse's Critical Multiplier is different - that ability activates whenever she's forced to discard, but the discard isn't a cost to trigger the ability.

OK, I was thinking "Action" not "cost" 

Like:

If I brush my teeth in the morning it makes my breath smell better and prevents tooth decay.

So it should read more like this:

AUGMENTED ALLY

At the start of that hero's turn, thier Player May discard a card (for this ability). If they do, They may use a power Immediately

The damage would be redirected if he removes the last card before Etheral Bonds hits.  

So team strategy time: 

We can either have Scholar attack La Capitan and then Sky-Scraper would place the compulsion cannister on La Capitan and hit herself (redirect to one of us presumably,) and etheral bonds, ending at the same HP for Etheral Bonds and allowing Scholar to hit La Capitan as much as he wants on his turn (I don't know how much he's planning to inflict on her.) 

or: 

He attacks Etheral Bonds so when the Compulsion Cannister is placed on them it kills itself before attacking La Capitan sending Compulsion Cannister and Aggresion Modulator to the trash where I would return Compulsion Cannister and Aggresion modulator to my hand using the second part of my power. This would leave La Capitan with one card under her. 

I think it depends on the damage output of Scholar next turn and if it outweighs the 2 damage done to one of us. 

If a target with a Link attached to it leaves play, the Link does not go to the trash.

I didn't think about that. Then the rest of that interaction would play out as it did in my original post. 

Yep yep!

I'll volunteer to soak the damage if we go with option A as I think that the Scholar will do more than 2 damage on his turn, but will defer to slaaneshi's input on that.

Edit - the redirection specifies going to the highest HP non-villain which I believe is currently Guise anyway.  Right then, very good!

Scholar has Expect the Worst in play So he would receve no damage, Plus it would have him heal 2 (3 damage to someone) he could discard another card for ally, 1 Heal (2 damage) play Tansmutive recovery and heal 2 (3 damage) So he could heal 5 and deal out 8 points of damage

Edit: well Guise would get hit but the rest is still true

My understanding was that you can only use a power once in a single turn. So if I discard for Ally, I can't heal again. But I will be playing Transmutive Recovery though. So I can do 8 points on my turn for 5 healing.

Thats what I said

So he could heal 5 and deal out 8 points of damage

And you would only use your Power once, the other 2 is from a card play and a card being destroied

Sorry. I got home late from work last night. I may as well not discard for Ally. It has the same end result but with one more card.

I think we're at the following point:

1. Scholar is up.

2.  There is discussion about adjusting previous turns in regarding Sky-scraper's play and handling La Capitan's last "stolen" card and whether to hit her with something that would trigger her redirect - thus clearing Scholar to damage her.

I'll still hit La Capitan redirecting 2 damage to whomever has the highest HP. 

I was waiting to for a decision about where my damage would best be dealt to put up my turn. Sorry, I meant to post something earlier.

Option A is what I'm leaning towards because we need to start damaging her and the Bonds are effectively controlled for now.

OK. That would be Guise taking 2 to drop to [10].  Ties with Capt Cosmic and Tempest for highest hero HP.

Bonds is down to [1] right now I believe.

La Capitan has zero cards beneath her character card - and any damage she takes in the rest of the round will not be prevented or redirected.

John Rhodes straightens, seeing his oppportunity. "Not. Cool." He pants, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. He grimaces and a whirlpool of energy forms over the philosopher's stone in his hands, pouring into his body. Bruises vanish and a lazy smile plays around his lips as he manipulates the whirlpool into a shining shield of green energy. A star bursts from the centre of it and slams into La Capitan. "I didn't want to do that."

The Scholar

HP:  6 (I think this is correct, let me know if I’m wrong)

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, Mortal Form to Energy, Keep Moving

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast, Don’t Dismiss Anything

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Start of Turn: Discard Mortal Form for Mortal Form.

The Scholar regains 2HP [8] (hitting La Capitan for 2+1 [72]) and Expect the Worst destroys itself.

Play a Card: Transmutive Recovery: The Scholar regains 2HP [10] and Mortal Form triggers to hit La Capitan for 2+1 [69]. Draw 2 cards: Flesh to Iron and Offensive Transmutation.

Use a Power: Better Living: The Scholar regains 1HP [11] and deals 1+1 energy damage to the La Capitan [67]

Draw a Card:  Solid to Liquid

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  11

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, Keep Moving, Flesh to Iron, Offensive Transmutation, Solid to Liquid

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst, Transmutive Recovery

Effects: Mortal Form to Energy – Discard a card at the start of the Scholar’s turn. Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

Augmented Ally – The Scholar may discard a card at the start if his turn to use a power.

Environment - The Realm of Discord

More popping sounds as a hazy tendril grabs Scholar

In Play: Imbued Fraility, Ethereal Bonds [1]

Start: None

Play: Explosive Bubbles [5]

End:

- Ethereal Bonds deal (2 +1 -2) 1 Energy damage to Scholar [10].  Scholar cannot deal damage.

- Explosive Bubbles deals (2 +1) 3 Energy damage to La Capitan [64], Guise [7], Captain Cosmic [7], Tempest [8], Scholar [7]

Trash: Positive Energy Field, Portal Fiend, Explosive Bubbles

Effects:

- At the end of the environment turn, Explosive Bubbles deals 2 energy damage to the X non-environment targets with the highest HP, where X = the HP of this card. (Explosive Bubbles)

- At the end of the environment turn, Ethereal Bonds deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 energy damage.  A target dealt damage this way cannot deal damage until the start of the next environment turn. (Ethereal Bonds)

- Increase all damage dealt by 1. (Imbued Fraility)

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 7 - Need More Cards

Villain Turn (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
Start -
  All villain targets heal 0 HP;
  La Capitan [64]
 
Play - Temporal Thief (one-shot)
 - La Capitan steals the top card of each hero deck and puts it under her character card (1st - 5th card)
 - La Capitan deals each hero target 2 psychic damage*:
* - one target only gets 1 damage; Tempest only gets 1 damage
    Guise [5], Captain Cosmic [5], Tempest [7], Sky-scraper [7], Scholar [5], Autonomous Blade [2], Augmented Ally A [2], Augmented Ally B [2]

End -
 - 5 cards under La Capitan, she does not flip her character card
 - La Capitan prevents 2 lightning damage to herself by removing a card from under her character card (Cortex Hyperstimulator)

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Effects:
- Whenever La Capitan would be dealt damage, move a card from under La Capitan's character card to the appropriate trash.  Prevent that damage. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- The first time La Capitan would be dealt damage each round, redirect that damage to the non-villain target with the highest HP. (La Capitan - Split Across Time - advanced)

- At the start of the villain turn, each villain target regains X HP, where X = the number of cards under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

- At the end of the villain turn, if there are no cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

Status
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La Capitan [64] (Split Across Time)


# of cards under La Capitan: 4 (??, ??, ??, ??)
Villain Trash: Temporal Thief

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Guise           [5]
Captain Cosmic  [5]
Tempest         [7](-1)  
Sky-Scraper     [7]
Scholar         [5] (cannot deal damage)
Autonomous Blade [2](next to Guise)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Neutralizing Resonator (next to La Capitan)
Rebounding Debilitator (next to La Capitan)
Micro Assembler (next to Tempest)
Aggression Modulator (next to Ethereal Bonds)
Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator (next to The Earth)
Vicous Cyclone (next to La Capitan)
Augmented Ally [2] (next to Tempest)
Augmented Ally [2] (next to Scholar)

------- Environment --------
Imbued Fraility (all damage +1)
Ethereal Bonds [1]
Explosive Bubbles [5]


Comments:
- one hero target has one more HP than listed

- LC stealing cards from each hero - one of the five is recovered back to trash by the end of the villain turn

That's just our luck getting the Explosive Space Modulator, as if we didn't have enough to worry about. 

I lose Colossal Left Hook to La Capitan. I have no need to grab it back yet.

I lose Unflagging Animation, Dont need it

Tempest loses Otherworldly Resilience. Don't need it.

Gah.  Sorry, was out of it last night and failed to bring my cards with me today.  Will have a reply after work.

The Scholar loses Keep Moving.

Guise loses Gimmicky Character to Temporal Thief.

"Is this place getting to me or  have we been here before?" 

Guise

HP:  5

Hand:  Look What I Found!, Where Did I Leave That..., Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy!

In Play: 

Trash: Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x2, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found! x2, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Gritty Reboot x2, Blatant Reference x2, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Under La Capitan: Gimmicky Character

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card:

Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! /hi5 Scholar
- Copying the Scholar's ongoings, currently just Mortal Form

Use a Power:

Tough Choices:
- Draw a card: Retcon
- Guise deals prevented melee damage to La Capitan [64] (3 cards remaining under her)
- - Blade-y II deals prevented energy damage to La Capitan [64] (2 cards remaining under her)
 

Draw a Card:  Say Cheese!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  5

Hand:  Look What I Found!, Where Did I Leave That..., Retcon, Say Cheese!

In Play: Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! copying the Scholar

Trash:  Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x2, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found! x2, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Gritty Reboot x2, Blatant Reference x2, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Under La Capitan: Gimmicky Character

Effects:  Autonomous Blade [2], deal damage when healed (copy of Mortal Form)

Comments - I nominate Captain Cosmic to take the reduced damage from La Capitan this round in case he wants to take the damage from Unflagging Animation again.

That would be great if the others don;t agree I will edit my turn.

Captain Cosmic says “For the Power of Grayskull, What that too, boy all the good tag lines are taken”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  6

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Construct Cataclysm, Cosmic Crest(X2)

In Play:

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (2)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Scholar (2)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (2)

Sustained Influence

Unflagging Animation

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer(X3), Dynamic Siphon(X2), Cosmic Weapon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Under La Capitan: Unflagging Animation

Effects:

At the end of your turn, Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage. At the start of your turn you may move 1 construct card from your trash into play. Then you may destroy this card.

At the start Tempest’s turn, Tempest may discard a card.  If they do Tempest may use a power Immediately.

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence to put that construct back into play.

At the start of Scholar turn. Scholar may discard a card.  If they do, Scholar may use a power Immediately.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 2 energy damage.

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Start of Turn: Cosmic Weapon From trash Into play Next to Scholar

Play a Card: Cosmic Crest HP (4) [Captain Cosmic and all constructs cards are immune to Energy damage] Power: [Up to 3 constructs cards regain 2 HP Back]

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw a Card: Destructive Response (Ongoing, Limited) [The first time a construct card is destroyed each turn, Captain cosmic May deal up to 3 Targets 1 Energy damage each.]

Draw a Card:   Cosmic Weapon 

End of Turn:  Captain cosmic deals himself ( 1+1) 2 irreducible psychic damage

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HP:  4

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Construct Cataclysm, Cosmic Crest, Cosmic Weapon 

In Play:

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (2)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Scholar (2)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (2)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Cosmic Crest HP (4)

Sustained Influence

Destructive Response

Unflagging Animation

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer(X3), Dynamic Siphon(X2), Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm

Under La Capitan: Unflagging Animation

Effects:

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 2 energy damage.

At the start of Scholar turn. Scholar may discard a card.  If they do, Scholar may use a power Immediately.

At the start Tempest’s turn, Tempest may discard a card.  If they do Tempest may use a power Immediately.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

Captain Cosmic and all constructs cards are immune to Energy damage

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence to put that construct back into play.

The first time a construct card is destroyed each turn, Captain cosmic May deal up to 3 Targets 1 Energy damage each.

At the end of your turn, Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage. At the start of your turn you may move 1 construct card from your trash into play. Then you may destroy this card.

Prime Wardens Tempest

HP:  7

Hand:  Reclaim from the Deep, Gene-Bound Shackles x 2

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour, Vicious Cyclone (next to La Capitan), Grievous Hail Storm

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 3, Chain Lightning x 2, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane, Grievous Hail Storm, Flash Flood, Lightning Slash

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1+1 lightning damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [1 card], Ethereal Bonds [X], Explosive Bubbles [3]

Augmented Ally - discard Gene-Bound Shackles to use Cleansing Downpour: Heals Guise [7], Captain Cosmic [6], Tempest [9], Sky-Scraper [9], Scholar [7], Autonomous Blade [4], Augmented Ally x 2 [4]. Guise deals 2+1 damage to La Capitan [0 cards]

Play a Card: Gene-Bound Shackles

Use a Power: Grievous Hail Storm - deals 2+2+1 cold damage to La Capitan [59], Explosive Bubbles [X]

Draw a Card: Shielding Winds

End of Turn:

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HP:  9

Hand:   Reclaim from the Deep, Shielding Winds

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour, Vicious Cyclone (next to La Capitan), Grievous Hail Storm, Gene-Bound Shackles

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 3, Chain Lightning x 2, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane, Grievous Hail Storm x 2, Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Gene-Bound Shackles, Cleansing Downpour, Otherworldly Resilience

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

Ok for me to assume that Guise uses his borrowed Mortal Form to Energy to remove the last of La Capitan's cards?

Also, if anyone can throw some card draw my way, I can start putting some serious hurt on La Capitan.

Absolutely!  Also, Autonomous Blade next to Guise would trigger off that to do another 2 + 1 to La Capitan to drop her down to [56].

Actually, should the Autonomous Blade be triggering here?  La Capitan's preventing the damage, after all.  Also, don't forget that La Capitan still has her redirect.

Tempest or Sky would be hit in the Middle of Tempests turn

Edit:–And Scholar also would have a hit comeing so Scholar could hit La captian for 2+1 and get redirected to Tempest (-1)so Tempest would be at [7] 

Scholar can't deal any damage until the start of the Environment turn.

Drat.  Good point on the Autonomous Blade & the damage prevention...it wouldn't have triggered on Guise's turn either in that case, I guess.

So Tempest would take her down to 0 cards with her redirect still active on next hit, to either Sky or Tempest

edit ==La Capitan [64] Still

My play for this turn will be Truthseeker for my card draw. My question is which do you fine people would be more advantageous after that. I can drop Mortal Form or keep it in play along with Solid to Liquid (if I last that long). I'm leaning towards having the two forms in play for their synergy.

Interesting question regarding damage *prevention* and how it affects triggers based on dealing damage.  The damage dealt was > 0, however it was prevented, not reduced, or hitting an immune target.

Will for now list LC at [64], zero cards underneath, redirect still active.

Sky-Scraper

Tiny 

HP: 9

Hand: Linking Incursion, Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Tectonic Chokeslam

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator (La Capitan), Neutralizing Resonator (La Capitan), Aggresion Modulator (Next to Nothing,) Rebounding Debilitator (La Capitan), Micro Assembler (Tempest)  

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Tectonic Chokeslam, Catch a Ride, Linking Incursion, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking

Under La Capitan:  None

Effects: 

-Tempest has Power: Discard a card, then search your deck for an equipment card and put it either into your hand or into play, then shuffle your deck

-When La Capitan would deal 3 or more damage prevent that damage and Rebounding Debilitator goes to the top of Sky-scraper's deck or is discarded.

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by one

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

---Turn---- 

Since Scholar can't deal damage I think it's best to avoid attacking her so I'm staying Tiny for the time being. 

Play: Linking Incursion: 

Revealed: Compulsion Cannister and Cortex HyperStimulator 

-Put Compulsion Cannister into my hand

-Put Cortex HyperStimulator into play on La Capitan (Reduce the first damage dealt by La Captian by 1 [2], at the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lightning damage. 

Power: Sneaking 

-No Links to play, return Rebounding Debilitator to my hand 

Draw: Thorathian Monolith

----End of Turn---- 

ky-Scraper

Tiny 

HP: 9

Hand: Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Tectonic Chokeslam, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator (La Capitan), Neutralizing Resonator (La Capitan), Aggresion Modulator (Next to Nothing,) Rebounding Debilitator (La Capitan), Micro Assembler (Tempest,) Cortex HyperStimulaor (La Capitan) 

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Tectonic Chokeslam, Catch a Ride, Linking Incursion, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking

Under La Capitan:  None

Effects: 

-Tempest has Power: Discard a card, then search your deck for an equipment card and put it either into your hand or into play, then shuffle your deck

-When La Capitan would deal 3 or more damage prevent that damage and Rebounding Debilitator goes to the top of Sky-scraper's deck or is discarded.

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by two 

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lightning damage

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

Probably depends on whether or not Tempest will be able to continue using Cleansing Downpour.  If so (and if we get a Dynamic Syphon next to Tempest for off-turn uses of that power) then I'd think Mortal Form would be worth keeping out.

That's what I was thinking. Especially now we don't have the Bonds to worry about.

Ah, I totally forgot about the redirection. Ok. Well, at least the cards are gone.

I'm planning on defaulting to Cleansing Downpour for the foreseeable future so two healing-related forms would probably a good idea. I'll also keep using Grievous Hail Storm as long as I have cards to discard for two powers.

I will plan on dynaminc to Tempest next turn then

edit–I Was also planning on adding  Autonomous Blade to Tempest

beyound that all I have left is: , Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer, Dynamic Siphon    

So unless someone else wants one of those I plan on destroying Anamation after 2 more turns

Also to keep in mind I have 3 energy bracers, and 2 Vitality Conduits that haven't come out of my deck(and my deck is getting small), My thoughts are to Put these on Scholar and make him a Formidible tank with -3 damage and hitting every time they take damage, so he would get healed and mortal form would hit over and over again.

By Truthseeker, I meant BWYN. Sorry.

"Think, man. Things look desperate but you know what you need to do." The Scholar straighens and dives back into his houseboat, returning moments later with a belt. "Much better." He says, tying the ragged, blood-stained robe closed.

The Scholar

HP:  7

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, Keep Moving, Flesh to Iron, Offensive Transmutation, Solid to Liquid

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst, Transmutive Recovery

-/-

Start of Turn: Discard Keep Moving for Mortal Form.

Play a Card: Bring What You Need [Ongoing, Limited] Power: Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put 2 in your hand and 1 on the bottom of the deck.

Use a Power: Bring What You Need: Revealing Flesh to Iron, Alchemical Redirection and Bring What You Need. Send Flesh to Iron to the bottom

Draw a Card:  Grace Under Fire

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  7

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Transmutive Recovery, Flesh to Iron, Offensive Transmutation, Solid to Liquid, Alchemical Redirection, Bring What You Know, Grace Under Fire

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy, Bring What You Need

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst, Transmutive Recovery, Keep Moving

Effects: Mortal Form to Energy – Discard a card at the start of the Scholar’s turn. Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

Augmented Ally – The Scholar may discard a card at the start if his turn to use a power.

-/-

Comments: I'm going to focus on getting health back before playing the Flesh to Iron in my hand. So any DR from Cosmic would be much appreciated ^_^

Captain Cosmic Makes some Cat Play Toy Constructs and Some Play mice to appese the Feline God for a good turn

Quick question - is Sky-Scraper's Aggression Modulator returned to hand or trash when the Ethereal Bonds are destroyed, or are they hanging out there in Environmental Limbo as bait for LC?

Environment - The Realm of Discord

Little timepieces with wing flit about the combatants

In Play: Imbued Fraility

Start: The Scholar regains the ability to deal damage

Play: Time Flies

- Imbued Fraility is destroyed

End: None

Trash: Positive Energy Field, Portal Fiend, Explosive Bubbles (x2), Ethereal Bonds, Imbued Fraility

Effects:

- Players may play an extra card on their play phase and draw an extra card on their draw phase.  At the start of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck. (Time Flies)

Comment: This should make the game end quicker one way or the other.

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 8 - Eight Bells

Villain Turn (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
Start -
  All villain targets heal 0 HP;
  La Capitan [64]

Time Flies plays Temporal Thief (seriously!?!)
 - La Capitan steals the top card of each hero deck and puts it under her character card (1st - 5th card)
 - La Capitan deals each hero target 1 psychic damage.  Tempest and 1 other target take zero damage
    Guise [6], Captain Cosmic [5], Sky-scraper [8], Scholar [6], Autonomous Blade [3], Augmented Ally A [3], Augmented Ally B [3], Cosmic Crest [3], Cosmic Weapon [3] <==(one of these does not take the 1 point of damage)

Play - L'Epeiste [7] (ah hoh hoh - I have returned!)

End -
 - 5 cards under La Capitan, she does not flip her character card
 - La Capitan prevents 1 lightning damage to herself twice by removing a card from under her character card (Cortex Hyperstimulator)

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Effects:
- Whenever La Capitan would be dealt damage, move a card from under La Capitan's character card to the appropriate trash.  Prevent that damage. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- The first time La Capitan would be dealt damage each round, redirect that damage to the non-villain target with the highest HP. (La Capitan - Split Across Time - advanced)

- At the start of the villain turn, each villain target regains X HP, where X = the number of cards under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- At the start of the villain turn, L'Epeiste deals the hero target with the highest HP X Energy damage, where X = the number of hero ongoing and equipment cards in play. (L'Epeiste)

- At the end of the villain turn, if there are no cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)

Status
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La Capitan [64] (Split Across Time)
L'Epeiste [7]

# of cards under La Capitan: 3
Villain Trash: Temporal Thief (x2)

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Guise           [6]
Captain Cosmic  [5](immune to energy - all constructs immune as well)
Tempest         [9](-1)  
Sky-Scraper     [8]
Scholar         [6] (high HP)
Autonomous Blade [3](next to Guise)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Neutralizing Resonator (next to La Capitan)
Rebounding Debilitator (next to La Capitan)
Micro Assembler (next to Tempest)
Aggression Modulator (in environmental Limbo?)
Vicous Cyclone (next to La Capitan)
Augmented Ally [3] (next to Tempest)
Augmented Ally [3] (next to Scholar)
Cosmic Crest [3]
Cosmic Weapon [3] (next to Scholar)

------- Environment --------
Time Flies (player gets extra card in play phase and draw phase; villain plays card at start of turn)


Comments:
- Each player loses top card of their deck to LC.  Two of them go back to trash before end of the villain turn.
- IMHO, the heroes have gotten an opportunity.  Nice of the villain deck to provide Guise with a target to damage that will allow Autonomous Weapon to trigger and hit LC.

- LC seems to like staying on the Split Across Time side!
 

Oh dear. We're about to get rocked....

I consider that a very benign villain turn considering what else two villain card plays could have rolled out.  And now the heroes get a round of extra card plays and extra draws to inflict some damage.

Guise loses Where Did I Leave That... to Temporal Thief.

"Seriously, this deja vu is crazy.  I KNOW I remember seeing that guy before!" 

Guise

HP:  6

Hand:  Look What I Found!, Where Did I Leave That..., Retcon, Say Cheese!

In Play: Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy

Trash: Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x2, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found! x2, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Gritty Reboot x2, Blatant Reference x2, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!

Under La Capitan: Gimmicky Character, Where Did I Leave That

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Start of Turn: UYITG is destroyed.

Play a Card: Where Did I Leave That...

- Draw 2 cards: Where Did I Leave That..., Gimmicky Character

Second card play courtesy of Time Flies: Where Did I Leave That... that was just drawn

- Draw 2 cards: Retcon, X-TREEEEEEEEME!!!
- Discard then both to get Blatant Reference back in hand

Use a Power:

Tough Choices:
- Play a card: Blatant Reference
- Deal 1 target 1 melee damage: L'Epeiste [6]
- - Blade-y II deals prevented damage to La Capitan [64] (2 cards remaining)

Draw a Card:  Lemme See That...

Draw second card courtesy of Time Flies: Guise The Barbarian (oh, the timing.)

End of Turn: 

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HP:  6

Hand:  Look What I Found!, Retcon, Guise The Barbarian, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Say Cheese!

In Play: Blatant Reference

Trash:  Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon x2, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x3, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found! x2, Lemme See That..., Gimmicky Character, Gritty Reboot x2, Blatant Reference , X-TREEEEEEEEME!!! x2, Where Did I Leave That... x2

Under La Capitan: Gimmicky Character, Where Did I Leave That...

Effects:  Autonomous Blade [2], Blatant Reference: at the end of each hero turn, discard 1 card to deal 1 target 1 projectile damage.

Comments - Same nomination of Captain Cosmic to take the reduced damage.  If we get a Dynamic Syphon out this turn I can discard cards at the end of at least 3 hero turns to ping the Syphon to allow Tempest to use a power and trigger Blade-y II.  I think we should be able to get cards out from under her in time for the redirection to be 1 point of damage rather than Grievous Hail Storm.

I've tried not to be a backseat driver, but I do want to say that now that I've seen the environment play and the villain play it would definately have been possible to win this turn had you played round 7 differently.

Sustained Influence Goes under captain, Don't need Turn incomeing

Captain Cosmic says “More and More constructs to play with”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  6

Hand: Conservation Of Energy, Construct Cataclysm, Cosmic Crest, Cosmic Weapon   

In Play:

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (3)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Scholar (3)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (3)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (3)

Cosmic Crest HP (3)

Sustained Influence

Destructive Response

Unflagging Animation

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer(X3), Dynamic Siphon(X2), Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm, Unflagging Animation

Effects:

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 2 energy damage.

At the start of Scholar turn. Scholar may discard a card.  If they do, Scholar may use a power Immediately.

At the start Tempest’s turn, Tempest may discard a card.  If they do Tempest may use a power Immediately.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

Captain Cosmic and all constructs cards are immune to Energy damage

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence

to put that construct back into play.

The first time a construct card is destroyed each turn, Captain cosmic May deal up to 3 Targets 1 Energy damage each.

At the end of your turn, Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage. At the start of your turn you may move 1 construct card from your trash into play. Then you may destroy this card.

Under La Capitan: Sustained Influence

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Start of Turn:  Dynamic Siphon From trash Into play Next to Tempest

Play a Card: Conservation of Energy Destroy: Cosmic Crest Draw: Energy Bracer, Vitality Conduit

2^nd Play :Energy Bracer HP (4) [Reduce damage to that hero by 1] Play next to Scholar

Use a Power:  Fabrication: [Reveal the top card of your deck. Put it into play or in your hand.]

Draw a Card:  Dynamic Siphon Play next to Scholar

Draw a Card:   Energy Bracer, 2^nd Draw: Potent Disruption

End of Turn:  Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage

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HP:  5

Hand: Construct Cataclysm, Cosmic Crest, Cosmic Weapon , Vitality Conduit ,Energy Bracer, Potent Disruption

In Play:

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Scholar (3)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (3)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (3)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Scholar HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (3)

Energy Bracer: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Sustained Influence

Destructive Response

Unflagging Animation

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer(X3), Dynamic Siphon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm, Unflagging Animation, Conservation of Energy, Cosmic Crest

Effects:

At the start of Scholar turn. Scholar may discard a card.  If they do, Scholar may use a power Immediately.

At the start Tempest’s turn, Tempest may discard a card.  If they do Tempest may use a power Immediately.

The first time that Guise deals damage each turn Autonomous Blade deals 1 target 2 energy damage.

Whenever Dynamic Siphon is dealt damage Tempest May use a power.

Scholar may use Power: Scholar Deals 1 target 3 energy Damage.

Reduce damage to Scholar by 1

Whenever a construct card is destroyed.  You may destroy Sustained Influence

to put that construct back into play.

The first time a construct card is destroyed each turn, Captain cosmic May deal up to 3 Targets 1 Energy damage each.

At the end of your turn, Captain cosmic deals himself 1 irreducible psychic damage. At the start of your turn you may move 1 construct card from your trash into play. Then you may destroy this card.

Under La Capitan: Sustained Influence

Edit--Now I only take 1 damage Yeah!!!!

How worried are we about Time Flies? I could Reclaim a Flash Flood and play it to blow it up. Otherwise I'll probably be pulling some kind of card draw so I can start actually making use of all the stuff I have out

Shouldn't that be 1 damage?  Imbued Fraility is gone.

Guise discards Say Cheese! at the end of Captain Cosmic's turn to deal 1 projectile damage to Dynamic Syphon [3] in front of the Scholar.

Blade-y II deals 2 energy damage to Dynamic Syphon [2] in front of Tempest.

That's assuming that the powers would be the two healing ones that would allow the Scholar to deal two instances of damage to La Capitan.  That should be all the cards out from under her, so the Electrical Storm damage to her will be the redirection, correct?

Can adjust if I've miscalculated.

Yeah!!! Forgot about that, Now I can actually get ahead on healing

I don't feel horribly worried about it, TBH.

So I thinking Now that I am back down to 1 I will leave Unflagging Animation up

Stack up Wounding Buffer(X3) On Guise, that will knock out 3 cards plus his 1 per turn, So give Tempest a chance to Crank it out

Autonomous Blade on Tempest

Dynamic Siphon On Cosmic 

Cosmic Crest On Cosmic

Augmented Ally On Cosmic

So that is My plan if we end up going 7 more turns, I hope not but that will clear all my trash of Constructs.

Ok, so Cleansing Downpour heals everyone for 2, Scholar removes 1 card from La Capitan

Scholar uses base power to heal another 1 and remove 1 card from La Capitan

Prime Wardens Tempest

HP:  11

Hand:   Reclaim from the Deep, Shielding Winds

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour, Vicious Cyclone (next to La Capitan), Grievous Hail Storm, Gene-Bound Shackles

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 3, Chain Lightning x 2, Reclaim from the Deep, Localized Hurricane, Grievous Hail Storm x 2, Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Gene-Bound Shackles, Cleansing Downpour, Otherworldly Resilience

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1

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Start of Turn: Electrical Storm deals 1 lightning damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [redirected to Tempest, soaked], L'Episte [5]

Augmented Ally - discard Shielding Winds to use Cleansing Downpour: Heals Guise [10], Captain Cosmic [9], Tempest [13], Sky-Scraper [12], Scholar [11], all Constructs at full. Scholar can deal another instance of 2 damage

Play a Card: Reclaim from the Deep everyone may put a card from their trash on top of their deck. Tempest moves Localized Hurricane

Play a Card: Localized Hurricane

Use a Power: Localized Hurricane - Deal 3+2 damage to La Capitan [59] and 3 damage to L'Episte [2]. Draw Chain Lightning, Flash Flood

Draw a Card: Otherworldly Resilience

Draw a Card: Vicious Cyclone

End of Turn:

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HP:  13

Hand:   Chain Lightning, Flash Flood, Otherworldly Resilience, Vicious Cyclone

In Play: Otherworldly Resilience, Electrical Storm, Cleansing Downpour, Vicious Cyclone (next to La Capitan), Grievous Hail Storm, Gene-Bound Shackles

Trash:  Aquatic Correspondence x 2, Into the Stratosophere x 3, Chain Lightning x 2, Reclaim from the Deep x 2, Localized Hurricane, Grievous Hail Storm x 2, Flash Flood, Lightning Slash, Gene-Bound Shackles, Cleansing Downpour, Otherworldly Resilience, Shielding Winds

Effects: Reduce damage dealt to Tempest by 1. Increase damage dealt to Tempest by 1

Boy, I hope I got all of that right.

Wounding buffer to the top on my deck

Edit changed my mind Since Voss is going to take the top deck move Sustained Influence back on top

Question: Since I destroyed Cosmic Crest Would that also activate Destructive Response??

If so then I could hit  L'Episte

and Dynamic Syphon Scholar, and Dynamic Syphon Tempest

that would mean an extra round of healing 

and 2 more power plays for Scholar

I wasn't sure if the cost would only go for conservation, since the txt on Destructive Response says The first time a construct card is destroyed each turn, Captain cosmic May deal up to 3 Targets 1 Energy damage each.

Edit--My argument would be this is a reaction not a cost similar to baron blade’s force field, if you hit baron then the force field reacts and hits you back, so if one of my constructs gets destroyed (no matter how) I react.

This was a ninja. I was writing and posted before the villain turn appeared for me. So I was pleasantly surprised.

I typed up a quick summary of things happening to the Scholar before I post my turn (which I will do along with the Temporal Thief and Reclaim shenanigans when I get home from work). Did I miss anything?

Cosmic’s turn – Cosmic Weapon from trash to Scholar (many thanks, I do so love options when it comes to powers)  - This is noted here because I forgot to add it to the effects area of my turn.

End of turn – [7], Effects: Mortal Form, Augmented Ally, Cosmic Weapon

Cosmic’s turn – Energy Bracer (DR1), Dynamic Siphon

Pre-Tempest’s turn – heal for 2 [9] and deal prevented damage to LC (1 card remaining) and then I get another power from Guise to heal 1 [10] and remove her last card. And then :

Tempest’s turn – heal for 2 [12] and deal 2 energy damage to someone. – The target is up for debate at the minute, probably LC while there are no cards under her.

Not to butt in on your guys' game, but arent Constructs immune to energy damage, due to the fact that Cosmic Crest is out?  

If that's the case, you wouldn't be able to trigger the Dynamic Syphon–the construct would be immune to the damage.

Since it doesn't have a destruction effect on it I think it stays in play until removed by something. 

For Scholar, I'd say to attack La Capitan, I'll be dealing a good bit of damage to L'Epeiste on my turn. 

Which I'll take now: 

Sky-scraper lost Catch a Ride to La Capitan, but it is now in her deck.  

Returned Undectable Relinking to the top of my deck. 

Sky-Scraper

Tiny 

HP: 9

Hand: Rest and Recover, Explosive Reveal, Micro-Assembler, Aggresion Modulator, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Tectonic Chokeslam, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator (La Capitan), Neutralizing Resonator (La Capitan), Aggresion Modulator (Next to Nothing,) Rebounding Debilitator (La Capitan), Micro Assembler (Tempest,) Cortex HyperStimulaor (La Capitan) 

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Tectonic Chokeslam, Catch a Ride, Linking Incursion, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking

Under La Capitan:  None

Effects: 

-Tempest has Power: Discard a card, then search your deck for an equipment card and put it either into your hand or into play, then shuffle your deck

-When La Capitan would deal 3 or more damage prevent that damage and Rebounding Debilitator goes to the top of Sky-scraper's deck or is discarded.

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by two 

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lightning damage

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

------Turn----- 

(I'm assuming Scholar picks La Capitan for his 2 damage, and I believie only 1 damage has been done to L'Epeiste, so I'm figuring from HP [62] and [6] respectively, let me know if I'm wrong.) 

Play: Rest and Recover

-Sky-Scraper switches to larger size (Normal) so she deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets, La Capitan [61], L'Epeiste [5] 

-Sky-Scraper regains 1 HP [12], draws one card (Undectable Relinking,) and returns Colossal Left Hook to her hand

Play: Colossal Left Hook 

Sky-Scraper switches to larger size (Huge) so she deals 1 damage to all non-ero targets, La Capitan [60] and L'Epeiste [4.] 

-She deals La Capitan 3 damage [57] and discards Micro-Assembler to play another card. 

Play: Tectonic Chokeslam 

-Sky-Scraper deals La Capitan 4 damage [53,] Sky-scraper deals ever target 1 projectile damage: 

La Capitan [52], L'Epeiste [3] 

She will hit Dynamic Syphon to allow a power use for Tempest (but don't using Cleansing Downpour yet, because:) 

Power: Concussive Clap 

Sky-Scraper delas each non-hero target 2[+1] damage (La Captian [49] L'Epeiste [x]) 

Sky-Scraper deals each hero target 0[+1] damage, hitting Dynamic Syphon again, which I think means everybody is back where they were at (except Tempest who soaked the damage and is now at [15]

Draw: Linking Incursion 

Draw: Explosive Reveal 

----End of Turn----

Sky-Scraper

Huge

HP: 10

Hand: Explosive Reveal, Explosive Reveal, Aggresion Modulator, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Thorathian Monolith, Compulsion Cannister, Linking Incursion, Undectable Relinking

In Play: Proportionist, Cortext Hyperstimulator (La Capitan), Neutralizing Resonator (La Capitan), Aggresion Modulator (Next to Nothing,) Rebounding Debilitator (La Capitan), Micro Assembler (Tempest,) Cortex HyperStimulaor (La Capitan) 

Discard: Rebounding Debilitator, Colossal Left Hook, Tectonic Chokeslam, Catch a Ride, Linking Incursion, Undectable Relinking, Undectable Relinking

Under La Capitan:  None

Effects: 

-Tempest has Power: Discard a card, then search your deck for an equipment card and put it either into your hand or into play, then shuffle your deck

-When La Capitan would deal 3 or more damage prevent that damage and Rebounding Debilitator goes to the top of Sky-scraper's deck or is discarded.

-At the start of Sky-Scrapers she may destory one Ongoing Card, if she does destroy Neutralizing Resonator. 

-Reduce the first damage dealt each turn by La Capitan by two 

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lighting damage 

-At the end of the Villain turn La Capitan deals herself 1 lightning damage

-Increase Sonic Damage dealt by Sky-Scraper by 1

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a larger size deal each non-villain target 1 melee damage 

-When Sky-Scraper switches to a smaller size, draw a card 

Notes: I think this is the best way to play my turn, I can also play it in such a way that I am Tiny, deal La'Capitan one more damage, but don't give Tempest the power uses, which I can change to if we think that's better. 

-Tempest has two power uses. 

I actually got L'Epeiste down to 2 on my turn with Electrical Storm and Localized Hurricane. And with Localized Hurricane back in play, my DR is a wash

EDIT: But whenever it makes sense, I'll use Localized Hurricane to hit La Capitan for 3+2 damage and draw 2 cards, then Cleansing Downpour

I missed that Scholar has Dynamic Siphon on him. He also gets two power uses. 

Guise topdecks Blatant Reference from trash via Tempest.

Guise discards Gimmicky Character at the end of Sky-Scraper's turn to deal 1 projectile damage to La Capitan [48]
- Blade-y II deals 2 energy damage to La Capitan [46]

Oh mighty Cat God, Still wanting to know about my question, Casue if it is true then Scholar would get 1 more hits and we would all receve 1 more heal.

Edit-- I didnt put out Sholars Syphon yet, but we would still receve 1 heal and scholar would receve 1 more hit

That's what I get for butting in!  Carry on!

Tempest couldn't use Cleansing Downpour twice in one turn, but if that works and you hit his Syphon earlier in your turn then I'd just need to adjust my discard to deal damage to something other than Tempest's Syphon.

Also, I think we need to re-check La Capitan's health, as I'm pretty sure that a Localized Hurricane hit got lost and the off-turn use of that power wasn't factored into the health totals I had for her in my last post.

Yep Forgot yours happens at the end of my turn, so nevermind forget about it oh cat god I went through and redid damage etc… Posting in just a sec

GUISE IN BETWEEN:

Guise discards Say Cheese! at the end of Captain Cosmic's turn to deal 1 projectile damage to Dynamic Syphon [3] in front of the Scholar.

Blade-y II deals 2 energy damage to Dynamic Syphon [2] in front of Tempest.

Tempest Uses Cleansing Downpour

Guise [8]

Captain Cosmic  [7]

Tempest         [11]

Sky-Scraper     [10]

Scholar         [8] (1 power use from Mortal form) (1 Power from Dynamic Syphon)

Scholar removes 1 card from La Capitan with (1 Mortal form use)

Scholar uses base power to heal another 1 and remove 1 card from La Capitan (Dynamic Syphon Use)

Scholar         [9]

Constructs all healed back to (4)

NO CARD UNDER La Capitan

TEMPESTS TURN:

Electrical Storm deals 1 lightning damage to all non-hero targets: La Capitan [redirected to Tempest, soaked], L'Episte [5]

Cleansing Downpour

Guise [10]

Captain Cosmic  [9]

Tempest         [13]

Sky-Scraper     [12]

Scholar         [11] (1 power use from Mortal form)

Localized Hurricane - Deal 3+2 damage to La Capitan [59] and 3 damage to L'Episte [2].

SKY SCRAPER TURN:

-Sky-Scraper switches to larger size (Normal) so she deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets, La Capitan [58], L'Epeiste [1] 

-Sky-Scraper regains 1 HP [13]

Sky-Scraper switches to larger size (Huge) so she deals 1 damage to all non-hero targets, La Capitan [57] L'Epeiste [X] 

-She deals La Capitan 3 damage [54]

Sky-Scraper deals La Capitan 4 damage [50] Sky-scraper deals ever target 1 projectile damage: 

La Capitan [49]

She will hit Dynamic Syphon to allow a power use for Tempest (but don't using Cleansing Downpour yet, because:) (Tempest Uses Localized Hurricane to hit La Capitan for 3+2 damage and draw 2 cards La Captian [44])

Sky-Scraper delas each non-hero target 2[+1] damage (La Captian [41]

Sky-Scraper deals each hero target 0[+1] damage, hitting Dynamic Syphon again, and Scholars Syphon also

Heals Every one back to where they Started

Scholar Gets (2 power use from Mortal form) (1 Power from Dynamic Syphon)

So Scholar is at [11] With 3 Hits 2 mortals, 1 Syphon (So he could decide to use Cosmic weapon also or his base power again to get him at [12])

GUISE IN BETWEEN:

Guise discards Gimmicky Character at the end of Sky-Scraper's turn to deal 1 projectile damage to La Capitan [40]
- Blade-y II deals 2 energy damage to La Capitan [38]

STATUS SHOULD BE:

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La Capitan [38] (Split Across Time)

L'Epeiste [X]

# of cards under La Capitan: 0

Villain Trash: Temporal Thief (x2)

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Guise           [10]

Captain Cosmic  [9]

Tempest         [13](-1)  (+1) (high HP) [Gets to Draw 2 cards]

Sky-Scraper     [12]

Scholar         [11/12] (2 power use from Mortal form) (1 Power from Dynamic Syphon)

Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)

Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)

Neutralizing Resonator (next to La Capitan)

Rebounding Debilitator (next to La Capitan)

Micro Assembler (next to Tempest)

Aggression Modulator (in Play??)

Vicous Cyclone (next to La Capitan)

Augmented Ally:  Next to Scholar (4)

Augmented Ally: Next to Tempest (4)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Scholar HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Energy Bracer: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Sustained Influence

Destructive Response

Unflagging Animation

ALL Cards Returned to Hero’s Trash

I forgot scholar has energey bracers on so he would absorb Skys hit

Scholar         [12/13] (2 power use from Mortal form) (1 Power from Dynamic Syphon)

the only other thing I am not sure of is :

Sky-Scraper deals each hero target 0[+1] damage

So if we all only take 1 damage then we would all be up by 1 HP after Downpour

Guise           [11]

Captain Cosmic  [10]

Tempest         [14](-1)  (+1) (high HP) [Gets to Draw 2 cards]

Sky-Scraper     [13]

Scholar         [13/14] (2 power use from Mortal form) (1 Power from Dynamic Syphon)

Sky-Scraper dealt everyone 1 from Tectonic Chokeslam and then 1 from Concussive Clap, which is why the Cleansing Downpour netted us no gain from that use of the power on Sky-Scraper's turn.

Edit - other than the Scholar who could soak both of those hits because of the Energy Bracers, of course.

OK So that would make us at

Guise           [10]

Captain Cosmic  [9]

Tempest         13  (+1) (tied for high HP unless scholar uses base) [Gets to Draw 2 cards]

Sky-Scraper     [12]

Scholar         [13/14]  (tied or high HP) (2 power use from Mortal form) (1 Power from Dynamic Syphon) (Scholar gets the bump for blocking both attacks)

By 2 power use, I assume it is meant that I have two instances of damage to hit up to two things with (in relation to Mortal Form). If this is true, I'll redirect the net 3 to LC leaving her on [35]. So my pre-turn breakdown is thus:

Topdeck DDA with Reclaim.

Villain turn – [6]

Cosmic – [9] (2 instances of damage, target LC to remove her cards)

Tempest – [11] (1 instance of 2 energy – hits LC and factored into SS’s turn)

SS – 1 power use (From Tectonic Chokeslam) 1 power use (From base power) – Tempest heals Scholar for [13] and gives 2 energy to hit LC. 1^st power use – Better Living: [14] and hit LC for another 1. This leaves 3 energy for LC (as explained at the top of the post). 2^nd power use – BWYN: DDA, Offensive Transmutation, Know When to Turn Loose (bottomdeck KWtTL)

The Scholar

HP:  14 (DR1)

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Flesh to Iron, Offensive Transmutation, Solid to Liquid, Alchemical Redirection, Grace Under Fire, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Offensive Transmutation

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy, Bring What You Need, Augmented Ally [4], Cosmic Weapon [4], Dynamic Siphon [4], Energy Bracers [4]

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast,Keep Moving, Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst, Transmutive Recovery, Keep Moving, Keep Moving, Alchemical Redirection

-/-

Start of Turn: Discard Grace Under Fire for Mortal Form.

Play a Card: Solid to Liquid: Whenever the Scholar would regain HP, increase the amount regained by 1

2^nd Play: Offensive Transmutation – Deal 2 infernal to LC [32]. LC cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn.

Use a Power: Better Living: Regain 1+1HP [16] and target Tempest’s Dynamic Siphon [2]. It is my intent for this to trigger Cleansing Downpour so the Scholar regains 2+1 [19] and targets LC [29]

Draw a Card:  Solid to Liquid, Know When to Hold Fast

End of Turn: N/A

-/-

HP:  19 (DR1)

Hand:  Don’t Dismiss Anything, Bring What You Need, Flesh to Iron, Offensive Transmutation, Solid to Liquid, Alchemical Redirection, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Solid to Liquid, Know When to Hold Fast

In Play: Mortal Form to Energy, Bring What You Need, Solid to Liquid, Augmented Ally [4], Cosmic Weapon [4], Dynamic Siphon [4], Energy Bracers [4]

Trash: Expect the Worst, “Get Out of the Way!”, Truth Seeker, Transmutive Recovery, Know When to Hold Fast, Don’t Dismiss Anything, Mortal Form to Energy, Expect the Worst, Transmutive Recovery, Keep Moving, Grace Under Fire, Offensive Transmutation

Effects: Mortal Form to Energy – Discard a card at the start of the Scholar’s turn. Whenever the Scholar heals, deal 1 target that much energy damage.

Solid to Liquid - Whenever the Scholar would regain hp, increase the amount he regains by 1.

Augmented Ally – The Scholar may discard a card at the start if his turn to use a power.

Cosmic Weapon – Power: The Scholar may deal 3 energy damage to a target.

Energy Bracers – Damage reduction of 1.

-/-

Comments: My next play will likely be DDA.

I believe *fingers crossed* everything is in order there. If something seems wrong, let me know your working and I'll see where I done goofed. Also. HEALTH!

At the end of the Scholar's turn, Guise discards Lemme See That... to deal 1 projectile damage to Tempest's Dynamic Syphon (should leave it at 3, I believe?) to allow him a second power use.

- Blade-y II deals 2 energy damage to the Scholar's Dynamic Syphon [2] to allow him to use a second power on his turn.

Both of them have powers available that'll do more than if I just hit LC directly, so...have fun!

The Scholar will use BWYN to reveal: Flesh to Iron, Truthseeker and Solid to Liquid. Bottomdeck Truthseeker because I'm doing better as a tank than anything else.

Since he used Downpour already I assume Tempest will use Localized Hurricane 3+2  LC at [24] [and draw another 2] So he would have to Draw a total of 4 cards to draw

OK. Got home to see 22 messages to go through. 

Independently calculated I have things at:

La Capitan [24] (Split Across Time)(cannot deal damage)
L'Epeiste [X]

# of cards under La Capitan: 0
Villain Trash: Temporal Thief (x2)

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Guise           [12]
Captain Cosmic  [11]
Tempest         15(+1)
Sky-Scraper     [15]
Scholar         19 (high HP)
Autonomous Blade [4](next to Guise)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Neutralizing Resonator (next to La Capitan)
Rebounding Debilitator (next to La Capitan)
Micro Assembler (next to Tempest)
Aggression Modulator (in environmental Limbo?)
Vicous Cyclone (next to La Capitan)
Augmented Ally [4] (next to Tempest)
Augmented Ally [4] (next to Scholar)
Energy Bracer [4] (next to Scholar)
Cosmic Weapon [4] (next to Scholar)
Dynamic Siphon [3] (next to Tempest)
Dynamic Siphon [2] (next to Scholar)

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I would say that it would activate.  Captain Cosmic gets to hit 3 targets for 1 energy each.

A. Presumably LC; which would shift her redirect to the last 1 point hit she got from Scholar; and then she would take 1 point from Electrical Storm.

B. Tempest's Dynamic Siphon - He did Cleansing Downpour due to Guise play.  So something else and I don't think Localized Hurricane was in place yet.  Later plays will have this Siphon back at full HP.

C. L'Epeiste I guess - target chosen is moot I think.

Results: 

1. LC down to [23].

2. Tempest has a power use from before his turn's plays took place.  Grevious Hail Storm is available for 4 damage to LC, unless we want to go with PW Tempest default power and probably have to redo things from there since it will affect card draw, HP totals, etc.

Sorry, crazy couple of days, forgot to check in. Grievous Hail Storm is fine for that power use

Environment - The Realm of Discord

Little timepieces with wings are sucked into a many-colored portal, but more appear.

In Play: Time Flies

Start: None

Play: Spinning Vortex

- Each player may destroy any number of their on-going and/or equipment cards. Then, any hero with ongoing and/or equipment cards in play deal themself 3 sonic damage.

- Sky-Scraper deals herself 4 (3+1) sonic damage [11]

- Captain Cosmic deals himself 3 sonic damage [8]

(Scholar would deal himself 2 sonic; everyone else 3.)

End: Spinning Vortex is destroyed

Trash: Positive Energy Field, Portal Fiend, Explosive Bubbles (x2), Ethereal Bonds, Imbued Fraility, Spinning Vortex

Effects:

- Players may play an extra card on their play phase and draw an extra card on their draw phase.  At the start of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck. (Time Flies)

Comment:

All the players have on-going or equipment in play, thus a decision to make whether or not to discard them all to avoid taking damage.  I will continue with a villain turn and we can adjust as things go.  (Though I expect probably every hero except possibly Guise will take the damage given the extent of their set-ups.)

Sky-Scraper will take the damage.

Proceeding with villain turn under assumption that heroes are taking the sonic damage from the environment turn.  If they are instead discarding all their equipment and ongoing cards I will adjust HP back up for the heroes that opt to do the discard.

Same Heroes, Different Day - ROUND 9 - This Could Be The Ballgame

Villain Turn (La Capitan - Split Across Time -> Time Corsair)
Start -
  All villain targets heal 0 HP;
  La Capitan [19]

- Time Flies plays Chip [8]
- Chip shoots Scholar [16] for (2-1) 1 projectile damage

Play - Walk The Plank! (one-shot)
 - La Capitan attempts to, but is prevented, damage the Scholar
 - The Scholar cannot use powers until the start of the villain turn.*

End -
 - 0 cards under La Capitan, she flips from "Split Across Time" to "Time Corsair"
 - La Capitan cannot deal damage to The Scholar (again) (Which does not trigger Sky-Scraper's various links)
 - La Capitan cannot deal 1 lightning damage to herself twice. (Cortex Hyperstimulator)
 - Chip shoots Scholar [15] for (2-1) 1 projectile damage
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Effects:
- Whenever a hero card is destroyed by a villain card, put it under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- Whenever La Capitan would be dealt damage, move a card from under La Capitan's character card to the appropriate trash.  Prevent that damage. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- The first time La Capitan would be dealt damage each round, redirect that damage to the non-villain target with the highest HP. (La Capitan - Split Across Time - advanced)

- At the start of the villain turn, each villain target regains X HP, where X = the number of cards under La Capitan's character card (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- At the start of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)


- At the end of the villain turn, if there are no cards under La Capitan's character card, flip the character card. (La Capitan - Split Across Time)
- At the end of the villain turn, La Capitan deals the hero target with the highest HP 4 projectile damage (La Capitan - Time Corsair)
- At the end of the villain turn, Chip deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Projectile damage. (Chip)

Status
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La Capitan [19] (Time Corsair)(cannot deal damage)
Chip [8]

# of cards under La Capitan: 0
Villain Trash: Temporal Thief (x2), L'Epeiste, Walk the Plank!

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Guise           [9]                
Captain Cosmic  [8]                
Tempest         [12](-1)(+1)
Sky-Scraper     [11]
Scholar         [15](-1) (high HP)(cannot use powers)
Autonomous Blade [4](next to Guise)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Cortex Hyperstimulator (next to La Capitan)
Neutralizing Resonator (next to La Capitan)
Rebounding Debilitator (next to La Capitan)
Micro Assembler (next to Tempest)
Aggression Modulator (in Environmental Limbo)
Vicous Cyclone (next to La Capitan)
Augmented Ally [4] (next to Tempest)
Augmented Ally [4] (next to Scholar)
Energy Bracer [4] (next to Scholar)
Cosmic Weapon [4] (next to Scholar)
Dynamic Siphon [3] (next to Tempest)
Dynamic Siphon [2] (next to Scholar)

------- Environment --------
Time Flies (player gets extra card in play phase and draw phase; villain plays card at start of turn)


Comments:
* - Walk The Plank's hero power denial is not linked to La Capitan dealing damage.

- I expect LC to go down this turn.
 

Cosmic will take damage

I was planning on leaving Blatant Reference out as destruction fodder, but I forgot that she would do that at the start of her turn, and she flipped at the end.  Guise will destroy Blatant Reference for the environment turn and not take the damage.

I can't get to the topdecked Blatant Reference without destroying an ongoing or environment card with Retcon, so no out-of-turn damage for me.  I think we're fine without that though, yeah?

"And him too...man, does she have cloning vats in her ship or something?"

Guise

HP:  12

Hand:  Look What I Found!, Guise the Barbarian, Retcon

In Play: 

Trash: Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon x2, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x3, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found! x2, Lemme See That... x2, Gimmicky Character x3, Gritty Reboot x2, Blatant Reference , X-TREEEEEEEEME!!! x2, Where Did I Leave That... x3, Say Cheese!

Under La Capitan: 

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card: Guise the Barbarian

Second play from Time Flies: Look What I Found!
- Deal 3 + 2 melee damage to La Capitan [14]
- - Blade-y II deals 2 energy damage to La Capitan [12]
- that target is still around, increase the next damage Guise deals by 1

Use a Power:

Tough Choices:
- Draw a card: Blatant Reference
- Deal 1 + 2 + 1 melee damage to La Capitan [8]

Draw a Card:  Lemme See That...

Draw second card courtesy of Time Flies: Say Cheese!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  12

Hand:  Retcon, Blatant Reference, Lemme See That..., Say Cheese!

In Play: Guise the Barbarian

Trash:  Selling Out x2, Super Ultra Kawaii!! x2, I Can Do That, Too! x2, Total Beefcake, Retcon x2, Best Card Ever! x2, Uh, Yeah, I'm That Guy! x3, Guise the Barbarian, Look What I Found! x3, Lemme See That... x2, Gimmicky Character x3, Gritty Reboot x2, Blatant Reference , X-TREEEEEEEEME!!! x2, Where Did I Leave That... x3, Say Cheese!

Under La Capitan:

Effects:  Autonomous Blade [4], Guise the Barbarian: increase damage dealt by Guise by 2

Captain Cosmic says “Time To Die”

Captain Cosmic

HP:  8

Hand: Construct Cataclysm, Cosmic Crest, Cosmic Weapon , Vitality Conduit ,Energy Bracer, Potent Disruption

In Play:

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Scholar (4)

Augmented Ally: Play Next to Tempest (4)

Autonomous Blade: Next to Guise (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Tempest HP (4)

Dynamic Siphon:  Next to Scholar HP (4)

Cosmic Weapon: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Energy Bracer: Next to Scholar HP (4)

Sustained Influence

Destructive Response

Unflagging Animation

Trash: Potent Disruption, Augmented Ally, Wounding Buffer(X3), Dynamic Siphon, Autonomous Blade, Construct Cataclysm, Unflagging Animation, Conservation of Energy, Cosmic Crest

Effects:

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Start of Turn: Wounding Buffer Next to Guise

Play a Card: Energy Bracer HP (4) [Reduce damage to that hero by 1] Play next to Scholar

2^nd Play : Construct Cataclysm (one-shot) [Destroy all construct cards, Captain Cosmic either deals 1 target  X Irreducible energy damage, or deals up to x targets 3 energy damage each, where X is the number of constructs destroyed this way.]

Destroy 9 Constructs Hit La Capitan [X] Dead!!!!!

Nice! A most enjoyable experience for my first PBF. Thanks for hosting the event, Oaktree!

A satisfying conclusion to a tense game! Thank you very much Oaktree!

Thank you for running this Oaktree, and thank you dshields, Kharnel, Ario, and slaaneshi611 for creating a really fun game!  I'm still kind of amazed we came back from what seemed like certain doom at the time...

Indeed. Getting so low on health had me worried for a bit there. Fun fact. La Capitan was the villain for the first game I played. She was also the villain for my first PBF AND advanced. So thank you all for letting me try PBF and Advanced with such an entertaining experience.

BOOOOOOO!!!

Yes thank you Oaktree, I enjoy your PBF games, And congrats to all the Heros!!!!

If the heroes had somehow let LC survive into Round 10 she had a Raiding Party waiting to go.

It did see-saw nicely for a while with LC hitting hard out of the gate.  The heroes luck turned for the better around the time the entire villain deck got put in the trash and they managed to knock out the initial avalanche of crew.  From then on villain deck plays were relatively tame and the heroes got things in hand, especially once the Dynamic Siphon - Cleansing Downpour - Blatant Reference combo kicked into play to start healing the heroes up along with allowing Scholar to heal and trash LC at the same time.

I need to get more familiar with the Guise, Sky-Scraper, and Captain Cosmic decks myself.  I can generally recall what most of the cards do by title in the older decks, but not with the new heroes yet.

Episode 40 will probably go back to randomized heroes, and probably not get started until next week.